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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater Y

5° 80% of the tax advantage provided by the tax reduction applied to the investment and by the deduction of the deficit arising from the rental of the property acquired and the capital loss realised o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-29

I. - To achieve their purpose, housing finance companies may:1° Grant loans to any credit institution guaranteed by the remittance, assignment or pledging of the receivables referred to in II, in acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-28

In companies subject to the obligation to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the Labour Code and which, at the close of the last financial year, fell into the category of small an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-105

An employee who sets up or takes over a business is entitled, subject to a condition of seniority in the company and under the conditions laid down in this section : 1° Either to leave ; 2° or to a pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The consultation procedure provided for in Article L. 752-4

Article R752-25

At least ten days before the meeting, each of the members of the commission shall receive, by any means, communication of the request for an opinion, accompanied by:1° The prefectoral order setting th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-1

The submissions required by articles 905-2 and 908 to 910 are those, addressed to the court, which are delivered to the registry and notified within the time limits provided for by these texts and whi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article R123-287

For the purposes of verifying the status of agricultural worker as defined by article L. 311-2 du code rural et de la pêche maritime, the caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité s…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prescription of physical activity

Article D1172-3

For patients with severe functional limitations as qualified by the prescribing doctor with reference to appendix 11-7-2, only the healthcare professionals mentioned in 1° of article D. 1172-2 are aut…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-2

The guarantee fund is required, within one month of the request being made to it, to pay one or more provisions to the victim who has suffered personal injury or, in the event of the victim's death, t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-2

The insured is obliged :1° To pay the premium or contribution at the agreed times ;2° To answer accurately the questions asked by the insurer, in particular in the risk declaration form used by the in…

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