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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Advisory committee on the management of the Paris fire brigade reporting to the Prefect of Police

Article D2512-21

Within the limits of its competence, the consultative commission receives communication, when they are transmitted to the Paris council, of documents of a budgetary nature relating to the Paris fire b…

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

Article 217 decies

For corporation tax purposes, companies may apply exceptional depreciation equal to 50% of the amount of the sums actually paid to subscribe to the capital of the companies mentioned in article 238 bi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support for advice and training.

Article L5522-21

In Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, for the application of article L. 5141-1 relating to the creation or takeove…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-21

The Chairman of the Departmental Council has three months from the date on which the application is deemed to be complete to notify the public authority concerned of the opinion provided for in the se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Isolated workers.

Article R4543-21

A lone worker may only carry out operations or work which require him to be on the roof of the passenger compartment of a piece of equipment while it is in motion under the following cumulative condit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-21

…fruits and proceeds supplementing the securities appearing in the account referred to in Article L. 211-20 of the Monetary and Financial Code, or by transfer of the debtor's assets or rights. Any prov…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Entering sums in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-37

…211-36, the sums representing the automatic financial aid to which the prod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3122-21

In the absence of a collective agreement or arrangement and provided that the employer has entered into fair and serious negotiations with a view to concluding such an agreement, workers may be assign…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 849-21

Substitution in the rights of the defaulting claimant shall be made by way of incidental application. Where the court grants a request for substitution of a defaulting claimant, it shall rule, upon re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-21

Any third party holder of the purchase price of a business with which an address for service has been elected must make the distribution within one hundred and five days of the date of the deed of sal…

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