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

Article 212 bis

…uilt by it as part of:1° A public service delegation referred to in Article 38 of Law no. 93-122 of 29 January 1993 relating to the prevention of corruption and the transparency of economic life and p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Progressive levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article R2333-82-4

…budget and culture.The application to rule on the show's eligibility must be sent no later than 30 November of the games season following the one during which the event took place.The scale of points…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-160

…conditions set out in Regulation (EU) No 2015/760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on European long-term investment funds, when they have received authorisation to use t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…ion IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin ; 2° Raw milk, except whe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Employer's obligations.

Article L4121-3-1

…ocument by electronic means provided for in the same first paragraph shall apply: a) As from 1 July 2023, to companies with a workforce of one hundred and fifty employees or more; b) As from dates set…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XII: Levy on online horserace betting for the benefit of racing companies

Article 1609 tertricies

…of the special schemes mentioned in Articles 359 and 369 ter of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, on the annex to the declaration provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-18

…tions for extensions as defined in 4° of Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1234/2008 of 28 November 2008 concerning the examination of variations to the terms of a marketing authorisation for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28

…ous year by communes belonging to this establishment at 1 January of the year of apportionment.From 2023, the increase in the inter-municipality grant resulting from the calculation of these supplemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…18 3 14,5 19 3 15 20 3 15,5 21 3 16 22 3 16,5 23 3 17 24 3 17,5 25 3 18 26 3 18,5 27 3 19 28 3 19,5 29 3 20 30 and over 3 20 In the event of redundancy in a company usually employing fewer than eleven…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article L533-25

…° ; 3° All persons responsible for the procedures, systems and policies mentioned in article L. 533-29, whose duties are specified by the order issued in application of the same article, and who are l…

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