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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quinquies

…n coefficient.This coefficient is equal, for each tax and each territorial authority, to the ratio between, on the one hand, the sum of the unrevised rental values on 1 January 2017 of the built prope…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Declaration and approval of organisations

Article L7232-1-2

…rom the condition of exclusive activity laid down by Articles L. 7232-1-1, L. 7233-2 and L. 7233-3: 1° For their home help activities: a) Intermediary associations ; a bis) Neighbourhood associations.…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-1

The offences constituting illegal employment referred to in Article L. 8211-1 are investigated and recorded by the control officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 within the scope of their respect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-4

…areholders or members holding at least 25% of the votes, shares or voting rights and the managers meet the conditions set out in 3°, 4° and 5° of article L. 123-11-3. Where a person operates one or mo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-1

When the court has ordered the dissemination of its decision under the conditions provided for in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 8224-3, the second sentence of 4° of Article L. 8256-3 and the last…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-2

Only the following may issue savings bonds1° Credit institutions ;2° Natural persons and companies that operate as traders and have drawn up the balance sheet for their first financial year.Savings bo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R651-11

The provisions of this book are automatically applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adaptations provided for in this title: 1° In Article R. 615-2, the words: "and the transfer decisi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Inadmissibility decisions

Article L531-33

…to present his or her observations on the application of the ground of inadmissibility mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 531-32 to his or her personal situation.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-57

…for the production and preparation of audiovisual works that belong to one of the following genres:1° Fiction;2° Animation;3° Creative documentary;4° Audiovisual adaptation of a live performance.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article L3333-2

I.-It is instituted, for the benefit of the départements and the metropolis of Lyon, a departmental share of the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and s…

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