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Showing 39113920 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-1-3

Where the insurance group company has a strong and lasting financial relationship with an undertaking which does not result from holdings within the meaning of 10° of Article L. 310-3, this relationsh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 terdecies

I. - Loans taken out between 1 September 2005 and 31 December 2008 with a view to financing their studies by persons aged no more than twenty-five and enrolled in a course of higher education entitle…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 234 nonies

I.-An annual contribution is introduced on income from the rental of premises located in buildings that have been completed for at least fifteen years on 1 January of the tax year, paid by the lessors…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-13

I.-The joint fund allocates its credits : 1° Equally between employee trade union organisations, on the one hand, and professional employers' organisations, on the other hand, in respect of the missio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3845-2

I.-For the application of article L. 3115-1 in New Caledonia and French Polynesia :1° The following sentence is inserted after the first sentence of the third paragraph: "In New Caledonia and French P…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-1

I.-Any person engaged in production, distribution or service activities, in the context of commercial negotiation, the conclusion or performance of a contract, is liable and obliged to compensate the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 548

Works imported from a non-EU country must be presented to the customs authorities for customs clearance. After the responsibility stamp has been affixed at the importer's premises, the works are then…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 990 J

I. - Natural persons constituting or benefiting from a trust defined in Article 792-0 bis are subject to a levy set at the highest rate mentioned in 1 of Article 977.II. - Where their administrator is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 ter D

I.-The platform operator shall implement, including by means of personal data processing, the due diligence necessary to identify: 1° Sellers or service providers who carry out one or more of the tran…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R154-2

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The references to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the district chief; 2° The references to the judicial court are repla…

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