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

Article L532-15

The detailed rules for the application of articles L. 532-12, L. 532-13 and L. 532-14 are set by decree in the Council of State.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies F

…and ski lift and ski area operators subject to corporation tax or income tax under an actual system may deduct from their taxable income a sum equal to 40% of the original value, excluding financial c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

…ticles L. 511-41-3 and L. 612-30 to L. 612-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a credit institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finance company referred to in II…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4211-1

…nology transfer;Subject to articles L. 3641-1 and L. 5217-2, the municipalities and their groupings may only intervene in addition to the region and within the framework of an agreement signed with th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compliance with payment of professional dues

Article 122-19

…article L. 115-14 du code du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 109

…ired to appear, take an oath and give evidence subject to the provisions of Articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code.Any journalist, heard as a witness about information gathered in the course of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-20

…to the administrative court the acts taken by virtue of the delegation mentioned in article L. 131-14 which he considers to be contrary to the law, he may include in his appeal a request for suspensi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-6

A European patent application may only be converted into a French patent application in the case provided for in Article 135-1 (a) of the Munich Convention. In this case and on pain of rejection of hi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-4

…al investment fund has several sub-funds, the application of the rules mentioned in articles R. 332-14-2 and A. 332-3 of the Insurance Code is assessed on a sub-fund-by-sub-fund basis. An undertaking…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Unavailability, early release and delivery of sums

Article L3334-15

Without prejudice to the cases of early release provided for in article L. 3334-14, the sums or values registered in the participants' accounts are paid out in the form of a life annuity acquired for…

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