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Showing 43514360 of 4656 articles for Art. 41 · CE 29 July 1983 n° 24158

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-5

…een requested by the Minister for Labour or by at least six members of the Board of Directors is placed on the agenda. The members of the Board of Directors mentioned in I of article R. 4642-3 each ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-168

…have an impact on the marketing authorisation; 2° A scientific evaluation of the risk-benefit balance of the medicinal product or product based on all available information, including that resulting…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 A

…t of a net taxable base set for 2023 at €30,630 and updated each year according to the change in prices. Only establishments with fewer than 150 employees are eligible for this measure.The exemption a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638 quater

…le 1609 nonies C or following a transformation under the conditions provided for in Article L. 5211-41-1 du code général des collectivités territoriales, the business property tax rate of the attached…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-2

…plied by the correction coefficient mentioned in B of IV of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finances for 2020; 1° ter The product determined by applying the difference between t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-6

Without prejudice to the specific provisions applicable to them, the prohibitions defined in Article L. 511-5 do not apply to the institutions and services listed in Article L. 518-1, nor to undertaki…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVI: Tax credit for interest-free repayable advances to finance work to improve the energy performance of older homes

Article 244 quater U

I. - 1. The credit institutions and finance companies mentioned in Article L. 511-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code which is liable for corporation tax, income tax or an equivalent tax, and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…d to in Article L. 218-4. This share and the arrangements for its distribution among the authors concerned are set under conditions determined by a company agreement or, failing that, by any other col…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…the chairman of the board of directors, a member of the management board, the chief executive officer or the deputy chief executive officer of a société anonyme, chairman or manager of a société par…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-3

…shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories:1° The provisions of Book I with the exception of Article R. 133-1, 4° of Article R. 133-2 and Articles R. 135-1 to R. 135-4;Article R. 136…

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