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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-14

…ffer was manifestly inadequate, it shall order the insurer to pay to the Office a sum not exceeding 15% of the compensation it awards, without prejudice to any damages owed to the victim as a result.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 D

…f 1, sociétés unipersonnelles d'investissement à risque may grant current account advances of up to 15% of their gross book assets to the companies in which they have invested. They may also hold othe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-48

…or in Article 47(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Regulation (EU) No 648/2012, or if this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…article L. 515-36 du code de l'environnement ou mentionnée à l'article L. 211-2 du cod…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…f an international co-production; This minimum proportion of the initial contribution is reduced to 15% for works in the animation genre and 20% for works in the creative documentary genre in the case…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

…ations defined in Article L. 721-2, the approval and withdrawal of approval of these specifications;15° The management, in its capacity as the single body provided for by Article L. 123-33 of the Comm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-3

…V with the exception of article R. 522-1 as well as Articles R. 512-2, R. 512-3, R. 512-13, R. 512-15, R. 513-1 and R. 513-2 only insofar as they concern industrial property attorneys;6° The provisio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Withholding taxes and levies on income from securities

Article 1678 quater

…from consignment accounts, specific deposits and consigned securities.Payment is made no later than 15 October.2. When the declaration is filed in January, the paying institution calculates the levies…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3664-1

…ntal epizootics service ;14° Participation in the departmental-metropolitan fire and rescue service;15° Expenditure resulting from the maintenance of property transferred to the metropolis by applicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12-1

…itan authority exercises this competence; 14° Expenditure on the maintenance of metropolitan roads; 15° Expenditure on the maintenance and preservation in good condition of works, mentioned in Article…

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