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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 164 A

The French source income of persons who do not have their tax domicile in France is determined according to the rules applicable to income of the same nature received by persons who have their tax dom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 165 bis

Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary, all income the taxation of which is attributed to France by an international convention on double taxation shall be liable to income tax in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Offences relating to declarations and documents containing information to be used for tax assessment or settlement purposes

Article 1729 A

1. Where adjustments made to a return filed on time are subject to penalties that do not have the same rate, the penalties are calculated by adding the adjustments to the items declared in descending…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article A422-1

The insurance contracts on which the contribution instituted by article L. 422-1 and mentioned in article R. 422-4 is based are those that cover property located on national territory and falling unde…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : The President and Vice-Presidents of the Assembly of Martinique

Article L7223-1

The Assembly of Martinique elects its president at the meeting of right following each renewal.For this election, it is presided over by its oldest member, the youngest member acting as secretary. Thi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-3

I.- Requests to cover the costs of a professional retraining project are dealt with in the order in which they are received. The regional cross-industry joint committee will examine the employee's fil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-1

A dispensary is defined as an establishment dedicated, on the one hand, to the retail dispensing of the medicinal products, products and articles mentioned in articles L. 4211-1 and L. 5125-24 and, un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L1233-1

The provisions of this chapter are applicable in private undertakings and establishments of all kinds and, unless specifically provided otherwise, in public undertakings and public industrial and comm…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article R632-1

Except in cases of absolute urgency, the administrative authority competent to order the expulsion of a foreign national pursuant to article L. 631-1 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the poli…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair commercial practices between companies.

Article R442-1

When the Minister responsible for the Economy or the Chairman of the Competition Authority exercises the action provided for by Article L. 442-4 and the related remedies, he is exempted from represent…

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