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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2661-3

…the Labour Code are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;17° The first paragraph of article R. 2143-7 is worded as follows:"Candidates established in the loc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2681-3

…the Labour Code are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions having the same purpose;17° The first paragraph of article R. 2143-7 is worded as follows:"Candidates established in the loc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…of the Commercial Code and the concept of group is understood within the meaning of Article L. 233-17-2 of the same code;e) Firms whose investment services are limited to the management of an employe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special provisions for certain new companies

Article 44 sexies

…The benefit of this article is reserved for companies that are set up from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2023 in regional aid areas, provided that the registered office and all of the business and…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-1-1

…aw no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986.III - By way of derogation from II, in municipalities where the change of use of premi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1668

…to 0.50 is counted as 1.Payments must be made no later than 15 March, 15 June, 15 September and 15 December of each year.The organisations mentioned in the first paragraph of 1 bis of Article 206 and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-3

…ropean Blue Card talent passport and the mobility programme talent-researcher passport are deleted; 17° In article R. 421-26, the reference to the passport talent-researcher-mobility programme is dele…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-15

…copies manufactured or with their realisation under the conditions provided for in articles L. 622-17 and L. 622-18 of the aforementioned Commercial Code until fifteen days after having notified the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-5

…ed for in this article is without prejudice to the application of the articles L. 132-12 and L. 132-17.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-8

…t offence, the public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions set out in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of 500 euros. The amo…

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