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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies F

…d over their normal useful life. The provisions of this article apply to buildings completed before 31 December 1990 provided that they are incorporated into production facilities existing on 31 Decem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article L626-2-1

…on, approval, conventionnement or habilitation, mentioned in II of Article 1 of Law no. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, it shall consult the administrative auth…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-33

…s envisaged and the alternative proposals to the restructuring project mentioned in article L. 2323-31 formulated by the social and economic committee. It gives them a reasoned response.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office

Article L2573-9

I.-The articles L. 2123-31 to L. 2123-33 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For the application of article L. 2123-32, the words: "as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-5

…ents concerned in proportion to the physical headcount of all the staff employed by each of them at 31 December of the last calendar year.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-6

…ting to informing the borrower in the event of a change in the borrowing rate set out in article L. 312-31 and, for account overdraft transactions, in article L. 312-89 is deprived of the right to int…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-43

When the information is transmitted, the department or unit referred to in Article 695-9-31 shall inform the receiving department of the conditions under which it will be used. Whenever it considers i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Local investment support grant

Article R2334-39

…to R. 2334-26, the second paragraph of article R. 2334-27 as well as articles R. 2334-28 to R. 2334-31 are applicable to it.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules applicable to certain contracts according to their purpose

Article L2172-1

Prior to awarding a project management contract for the construction of a building, the purchaser subject to the provisions of Book IV organises a competition, under the conditions and subject to the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Reserving contracts for economic operators employing disabled and disadvantaged workers

Article L2113-13

Contracts or parts of a contract may be reserved for structures for integration through economic activity mentioned in article L. 5132-4 of the Labour Code and equivalent structures, where they employ…

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