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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-14

…created, the chamber assembly elects the chamber president and vice-president without waiting until January.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Revenue

Article R3543-2

Articles D. 3333-1 to R. 3333-18 shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1-1

…022. 3° The provisions of Book III with the exception of Articles R. 326-1 to R. 326-7;Articles R. 331-88, R. 332-1 and R. 343-2 are applicable in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2018-1126 of 11…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-27

By way of derogation from article 231-26, the classification, labels and aid, as well as, where applicable, the direct allocations provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes

Article R822-111

…cières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes constituées sur le fondement de l'Article 31-1 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3141-13

Holiday is taken during a period which in all cases includes the period from 1 May to 31 October each year.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-89

…amount of aid may not exceed that of the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 30 June 2021 compared with the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 30 June i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16°: Acquisitions of woods and forests and land for reforestation

Article 1137

…re land not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from any levy for the benefit of the Treasury if the purchaser undertakes i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article D3333-1

…n charge of energy the data required to determine the quantities of electricity supplied, since 1st January, in each commune, in addition to the data relating to transport. III - From 1st January 2023…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Water and sanitation

Article R2564-21

The requirements of article R. 2224-11 must be met, in Mayotte: - by 31 December 2020 at the latest for wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater whose gros…

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