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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Treatment of losses and capital losses incurred by the company before joining or after leaving the group

Article 223 I

1. a) Losses incurred by a group company in respect of financial years prior to its entry into the group may only be offset against its profits, subject to the limits and conditions set out in the thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Redistribution and inter-professional fund for access to law and justice

Article R444-36

The legal entity mentioned in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 444-2 responsible for managing the interprofessional fund for access to law and justice is a public limited company whose capital is he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rules specific to the drawing of lots

Article D1411-58-7

For the renewal of each of the Boards of Directors mentioned in article L. 1411-5-2, lots shall be drawn to determine, from among the persons called upon to appoint a single member or an odd number of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-30-2

I. - When, on the basis of a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 refers the matter to the Public Prosecutor, it shall inform the person re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Aid for specific purposes

Article L3232-1-2

As an exception to article L. 1511-2, the département may, by agreement with the region and in addition to the latter, participate, by means of subsidies, in the financing of aid granted by the region…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application.

Article D5424-7

…(excluding 335-2). 336 (excluding 336-22 and 336-23). 337-03. 338. 34 (excluding 348-22 and 348-3). 2° Open-cast quarries extracting materials intended for building and public works and which are dire…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 791

…r the advantage: 1° Of avoiding the confusion of his personal property with that of the succession; 2° Of retaining against it all the rights he previously had over the deceased's property; 3° Of bein…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Annual negotiations

Article L2241-9

…awn up, particularly with regard to fixed-term employment contracts and temporary work assignments; 2° Any preventive measures planned in the light of these forecasts; 3° Changes in average actual sal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-106

…et in the second column of table 2 of appendix 13-8 for each of these radionuclides is less than 1 ;2° The possession, manufacture, use, distribution, import and export of radioactive sources and prod…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-2

…of the creditor and, if applicable, the identity and address of the credit intermediary concerned; 2° The type of credit;> and 3° The total amount of credit and the conditions under which the funds w…

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