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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…ts des titres d'indemnisation prioritaires et des titres d'indemnisation créés en application de la loi n° 78-1 du 2 janvier 1978 relative à l'indemnisation des français rapatriés d'outre-mer.21° Les…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

Without prejudice to the specific provisions applicable to them, the prohibitions defined in Article L. 511-5 do not apply to the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1, nor to undertaki…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-6-1

I. - The number and distribution of community councillor seats are established:1° Either in accordance with the procedures set out in II to VI of this article;2° Or, in communities of communes and agg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

I.-To carry out the duties mentioned in Article L. 331-12, the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) shall…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of industrial and commercial profits

Article 35

I. - For the purposes of income tax, the profits made by the following natural persons are also deemed to be industrial and commercial profits:1° Persons who, on a regular basis, purchase, in their ow…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UB

I. - Net gains from transfers for valuable consideration of corporate rights in companies or groupings falling within the articles 8 to 8 ter, whose assets are mainly made up of real estate or rights…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter IIa: Mediation

Article L1112-24

Without prejudice to existing mediation mechanisms, the municipalities, departments, regions and public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by deliberation of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1-1

I.-Customs officers and tax officials not specially designated pursuant to Articles 28-1 and 28-2, who have passed a training course culminating in an examination certifying their suitability to carry…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Expressing the wishes of patients refusing treatment and patients at the end of life

Article L1111-11

Any person of legal age may draw up advance directives in the event of one day being unable to express his or her wishes. These advance directives express the person's wishes regarding the end of thei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-1

The Etablissement Français du Sang is a public establishment under the supervision of the Minister for Health. It is responsible for meeting the need for labile blood products and for adapting transfu…

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