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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

…ation or specialised financing bodies; 12. The Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale ; 13. Regional hospital centres, the list of which is set by decree, subject to an overall limit on is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-16

…authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 or AIFs covered by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-3

…indication, where applicable, of the provisions relating to the granting of double voting rights; > 13° Clauses relating to the exercise of voting rights, with an indication, where applicable, of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article R1423-55

…the court ; g) Reminders by the First President of the obligations provided for in Article L. 1442-13-1 ; h) Interviews, preliminary hearings and appearances before the Commission nationale de discip…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530 bis

…p and unbuilt properties, to council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not used as a main residence and to the business property tax, in proportion to the revenue that each of these tax…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…y Code, the single wage allowance, the stay-at-home mother's allowance and the childcare allowance, maintained under Articles 12 and 13 of Law no. 77-765 of 12 July 1977 instituting the family supplem…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-5

…Directive 87/250/EEC, Council Directive 90/496/EEC, Commission Directive 1999/10/EC, Directive 2000/13/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Commission Directives 2002/67/EC and 2008/5/EC…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-18

…information on the action taken in response to this report. The fact that the persons mentioned in 13° of Article L. 561-2 endeavour to dissuade their customer from taking part in an illegal activity…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-36

…ncluding a maximum of €6,500 for the authors when the planned duration per episode is between 7 and 13 minutes and €15,000 including a maximum of €10,000 for the authors when the planned duration per…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article R211-5

…s shall apply without prejudice to the obligations incumbent on the trader under Articles 7, 12 and 13 of the aforementioned Regulation and Articles 48 and 81 to 83 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978…

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