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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…partment of Reunion. The départements participating, pursuant to article 43 of law no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 on finance for 2022, in the experiment relating to the recentralisation of the soli…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4

…er of a radio or television service or its distributor, within the meaning of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication, which provides to a natural person, via re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 ter

…onomic Area;b) Take one of the forms listed in Part A of Annex I to Council Directive 2011/96/EU of 30 November 2011 on the common system of taxation applicable in the case of parent companies and sub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…ncial Code. Nor does it prevent the liquidator appointed pursuant to articles L. 5122-25 to L. 5122-30 of the Transport Code or to carry out missions on behalf of the Agency for the Management and Rec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-1

…123-2 of the same code, as well as the management of the IT service referred to in Article R. 123-30-9 of the same code;16° The recording and, where applicable, the storage and return of envelopes i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…n allowance provided for in Articles L. 3663-6 and L. 3663-7, if it is responsible for this payment;30° The withholding tax provided for in 1° of 2 of Article 204 A of the General Tax Code.A decree de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-1

…icle L. 5424-21, the assistance provided for in II of Article 136 of the Finance Act No. 96-1181 of 30 December 1996 for 1997, the sums remaining due in respect of the payment of the retirement equiva…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-5

…d administered by the Établissement Public d'Insertion de la Défense, as referred to in article L. 130-1 of the National Service Code, and not-for-profit establishments offering vocational training to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…s this competence; 13° Expenditure relating to the sanitation police referred to in article L. 2213-30 if the metropolitan authority exercises this competence; 14° Expenditure on the maintenance of me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in France (Incoming passport)

Article R532-19

…d by the said authority on the measures it has adopted.Except in urgent cases, a period of at least 30 clear days must elapse between the communication to the competent authority of the home State and…

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