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

Article 1665 bis

…vided for in Article 200 quater B of this code.Taxpayers may apply to the tax authorities, before 1 December of the year preceding that in which the advance payment is received, to receive an amount l…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Overseas application of the provisions of European Union law on monetary and financial matters

Article L712-7

…nd of the Council of 20 May 2015 on information accompanying transfers of funds ;7° Regulation No 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be publis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-5

…d, expressed in the form of a theoretical mathematical provision for point-based schemes), as at 31 December of the previous year:1° Amount of unpaid death benefits under life insurance contracts othe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-1

…e L. 5424-21, the assistance provided for in II of Article 136 of the Finance Act No. 96-1181 of 30 December 1996 for 1997, the sums remaining due in respect of the payment of the retirement equivalen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1a: Personnel management

Article D712-11-2

…ve staff of the chambers of commerce and industry referred to in article 1 of law no. 52-1311 of 10 December 1952 relating to the compulsory establishment of a statute for the administrative staff of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions

Article R4421-2

…of 7 May 2012 R. 4127-84 Decree no. 2004-802 of 27 July 2004 R. 4127-95 Decree no. 2006-1585 of 13 December 2006 R. 4127-96 to R. 4127-112 Decree no. 2004-802 of 29 July 2004

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Handling of employers' claims and payment of beneficiaries

Article R6332-25

…however, exceed the level of assumption of costs determined pursuant to Decree no. 2018-1345 of 28 December 2018 relating to the procedures for determining the levels of assumption of costs for appre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-18-1

…in the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December 2004, in particular the part of its appendix IAS 24 entitled "Purpose of related party disc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4211-1

…companies whose purpose is to accelerate technology 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…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 octies

…small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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