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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-3

…office in a European Union Member State other than France, authorised in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 and authorised by its compet…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-2-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-1)

Article Annexe 3-2-1

…am aware of the provisions of Article L. 321-4 of the French Commercial Code, as amended by Law No. 2011-850 of 20 July 2011 on the liberalisation of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction, un…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Partial contribution of assets

Article R236-19

I.-Where the first paragraph of Article L. 236-27 is applied, the draft partial asset contribution agreement shall contain the information referred to in Article R. 236-1, with the exception of the in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article A232

…relating to the declarations referred to in Parts B and C of Section III of Annex III to Directive 2011/16/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2011. The report shall speci…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2391-18

…of article L. 2391-5, the provisions of sections 1 and 2 of this chapter as well as article R. 2191-27 and the first paragraph of article R. 2191-28 do not apply.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies F

…1980. Structures meeting the criteria defined in the first paragraph and completed before 1 January 2011 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twelve months provided that they are incorporat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Supplementary protection certificate

Article R617-2-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-20

…der the conditions laid down in Article 5 of European Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-23

…haracter or morals or if they have been subject to one of the convictions referred to in Article 21-27 of this code. Convictions handed down abroad may, however, be disregarded; in this case, the decr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-36

…n agreement, overtime worked in excess of the legal weekly working hours set out in article L. 3121-27 or the working hours considered to be equivalent give rise to an increase in pay of 25% for each…

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