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Showing 37013710 of 4064 articles for Art. 1133 · CA Chambéry 18 November 2003

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R444-3

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Access to employment for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicab…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 7: Penalties and precautionary measures

Article L211-23

…or any natural person or legal entity registered in the register referred to in I of article L. 211-18, to assist in the conclusion of a timeshare contract governed by articles L. 224-69 et seq of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
30°: Tax credit for expenses incurred by certain farmers to replace their employees on leave

Article 200 undecies

…s in France within the meaning of Article 4 B and whose income is taxed in the agricultural profits category are entitled to a tax credit in respect of the expenses incurred to replace them for leave…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXVII: Tax credit for organic farming

Article 244 quater L

…63 under the organic production method in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labell…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-36

…d and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 regularly assess the sensitivity of the prudential technical provisions and the group's own funds to the assumptions underlying the extrapolation of the rele…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to compensation for damage to property.

Article R421-20

…mage. This declaration must be sent to the fund within six months of the date on which the victim became aware of the absence or inadequacy of cover of the person presumed to be liable for the damage,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

…° Products which, although meeting the definition of machinery, are subject, exclusively and specifically, to the provisions arising from the transposition, outside the Labour Code, of European direct…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: National framework of professional qualifications

Article D6113-19

I.-The National Vocational Qualifications Framework comprises eight levels of qualification. It specifies the gradation of skills associated with each of these levels. II-Level 1 of the National Vocat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 ter

1. The withholding tax provided for in 2 of article 119 bis is not applicable to dividends distributed to a legal entity that meets the conditions listed in 2 of this article by a company or organisat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3351-1

…the State with an administrative public service mission, in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS T…

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