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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-38

…23-32. III - The rights of access, rectification and limitation provided for in articles 15, 16 and 18 of the regulation mentioned in I and II may be exercised with the Caisse des dépôts et consignati…

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

Article L5211-28

…s article are taken from the development grant provided for in Article L. 2334-13 of this code.From 2019, the total amount of the inter-municipality grant distributed each year is equal to the total a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 unvicies

…B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capital increases of companies defined in Article 238 bis H…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-2

…agraph 1 of Article 10 of Directive 2011/95/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 13 December 2011 on standards for the qualification and status of third-country nationals or stateless…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-3-3

…protection provided for in I and III of Article 10-1 and 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 Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-22-1

…opean patent with unitary effect in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012; 2° Of the mention of a derogation pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 83 of the Agreem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286 quinquies

…ilable to the administration, at its request, by electronic means. It is kept for ten years from 31 December of the year in which the operation was carried out.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1545-3

…paragraph, L. 1421-2-1, L. 1421-3 and L. 1427-1, in the version resulting from Ordinance No. 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013 on the harmonisation of criminal and financial penalties relating to health…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions relating to financial assistance for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad

Article 915-2

…abroad submitted to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée between 20 July 2020 and 31 December 2021, in addition to the expenses mentioned in article 722-19, this aid also helps to cover…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D444-4

…all apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from decree No. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise specified in the table below. Applicable articles In the wording res…

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