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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 13: Judgment adopting the plan.

Article R631-35

…626-17 to R. 626-51, excluding article R. 626-18, the second and third paragraphs of article R. 626-20, and of article R. 626-22, are applicable to the receivership proceedings. The court clerk shall…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-9

…ast 15 people;- department with a population of 500,000 or more and less than one million: at least 20 people;- department with a population of one million or more: at least 30 people.These lists are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discounts

Article A444-9

…the first paragraphs of articles A. 444-2 to A. 444-4 are granted up to a rate that may not exceed 20%. These discounts apply to the portion of the emolument calculated on the base brackets greater t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L3321-1

…ticle L. 1621-2 ;3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to Article L. 3123-20-2 and contributions to the pension schemes for elected representatives pursuant to Articles L. 31…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2

…ponsibility, the judicial police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in articles 20 and 21-1° may ask any person in respect of whom there are one or more plausible grounds for suspe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-17

…velopment commission of any project mentioned in article L. 752-1 whose sales area reaches at least 20,000 square metres, as soon as it is submitted. IV.-The departmental commercial development commis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of live shows

Article 220 quindecies

…ial year, is equal to 15% of the total amount of the following expenses, incurred until 31 December 2024 for shows mentioned in II performed in France, in another Member State of the European Union or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-6

…riting risk" module are specified in Articles 114 to 135 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; 2° The "life underwriting risk" module reflects the risk arising from li…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-5

…ction of the climate footprint as well as to finance legal entities covered by article 1 of law no. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy. In addition, each year, when…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° sexies : Redynamising employment areas

Article 1383 H

…roperties for a period of five years.The exemption applies to buildings attached, between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2023 inclusive, to an establishment qualifying for the exemption provided for i…

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