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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: National Agricultural Risk Management Fund

Article 1635 bis A

…mber 2011 on finance for 2012, are established, liquidated and recovered in accordance with Article L. 361-2 du code rural et de la pêche maritime.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-16-1

The trade union organisations to which the files constituted from the data mentioned in 3° of article R. 2122-14 are sent destroy these files at the end of a period of one month after the close of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-16-1

The preparatory studies include theoretical and practical teaching and a period of work experience in accordance with a programme laid down by regulation. The courses are taught by university lecturer…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AF

…renewal of registration or modification of registration of a medicinal product mentioned in Article L. 5121-8 of the Public Health Code on the list of reimbursable pharmaceutical specialities mentione…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic and optional exemptions

Article 1635 quater D

…pments carried out within the perimeters of operations of national interest provided for in article L. 102-12 of the town planning code when the cost of public facilities, the list of which is set by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Chargeable event and assessment of the tax

Article 1635 quater F

…e specified in article 1635 quater G. . However, in accordance with the fourth paragraph of article L. 410-1 of the town planning code, if the authorisation is filed within eighteen months of the issu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies C

…ty corresponding to classification in the second or third of the categories provided for in article L. 341-4 of the Social Security Code, death, retirement or redundancy.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7 : Dissolution of sociétés anonymes.

Article R225-166-1

The threshold mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-248 is equal: a) Where the applicable legal and regulatory provisions do not impose a minimum share capital on the company due to its…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Audits and complaints

Article 1635 quater S

The person liable for the development tax may obtain total or partial discharge, reduction or refund: 1° If the constructions are demolished by virtue of a decision of the civil judge; 2° In the event…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16-1

…of the risks and solvency of a supplementary occupational pension fund referred to in I of Article L. 385-6 shall include: 1° A description of how the internal assessment of risks is integrated into…

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