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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-51

…ompany that has been the subject of safeguard or receivership proceedings initiated after 1 January 1996 and that has been unable to honour these commitments in full. For the application of these prov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…he exception of interest paid under the conditions provided for in article 14 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation to the capital securities of companies governed by th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 septies

…year during which the sale takes place. However, for transactions referred to in I of Articles 151 octies and 151 octies A or placed under the regime provided for in article 210 A, upon option exerci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210

…e apply to capital gains, other than those referred to in the second paragraph of II of article 238 octies, realised before the entry into force, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article A212-34

…ial Cohesion refuses an application for renewal of the authorisation provided for in article R. 212-10-14, the training organisation may submit a new application for authorisation in accordance with t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…meaning of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in successive shifts, or have habitually worked two hundred nights or more per y…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-51

…o the design of the sets is made with service providers established in France: 1 point; 4° At least 10% of expenditure relating to modelling, including digital sets, and/or rotoscoping and/or motion t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article R226-1

…hey are compatible with the specific provisions set out in articles L. 226-1 to L. 226-14 and L. 22-10-74 to L. 22-10-78, the rules laid down in this Book relating to sociétés en commandite simple and…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 decies

…he air quality monitoring organisations provided for by article 3 of law no. 96-1236 of 30 December 1996 on air and the rational use of energy, are authorised to deduct from the tax contributions due…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-4

…itions mentioned in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services, is established…

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