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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article L2113-22

…sions of the second paragraph of this article in its wording resulting from Law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on local authority reform and prior to Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 December 2017 on financ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Special rules for the assessment of direct local taxes

Article 1518 E

…ned in I of Article 1498: 1° Partial exemptions from direct local taxes are granted for the years 2017 to 2025 when the difference between the assessment established for the year 2017 in application o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601

…so as to comply with the general ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the 2012 finances for chambers of trades and crafts.This individual ceiling is obta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article R432-4

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 421-41, R. 422-7, R. 423-2 and R. 426-1, the residence permit may be withdrawn in the following cases: 1° The foreign national, holder of a temporary…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-14-1

…1-10 relating to a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between nat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 37

…e last taxed period or, in the case of a new business, from the commencement of operations until 31 December of the year in question. These same profits are then deducted from the results of the balan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Employees and managers of the International Chamber of Commerce

Article 81 D

…France during the five calendar years preceding that in which they take up their post and, until 31 December of the fifth calendar year following that in which they take up their post, in respect of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Sexual harassment.

Article L1153-2

…tections provided for in I and III of Article 10-1 and in Articles 12 to 13-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Trade union representation at branch level

Article L2122-6-1

…cle L. 123-2 of the Social Security Code and, in Mayotte, inarticle 25-1 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, to sickness, maternity, invalidity and d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-14

…263 B and L. 273 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, article 387 bis of the Customs Code, article L. 1617-5 of the General Local Authorities Code and II of article 128 of law no. 2004-1485 of 30 December…

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