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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236

…panies by the European Union or the bodies set up by its institutions, the State, local authorities and public establishments specialising in aid for scientific or technical research and which are all…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238

…subject to separate taxation at the rate provided for in the second paragraph of a of I of article 219 the net income from the licensing of the following items having the character of intangible fixed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General terms and conditions of sale

Article L441-2

…gard to any recipient of services, to comply with the information obligations defined in Article L. 111-2 of the Consumer Code. This obligation does not apply to the services mentioned in Books I to I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article L522-2

Reasons shall be given for the prefectoral order ruling on the application for approval.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation and swearing-in of agents

Article R331-2

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 331-14 is issued individually by the chairman of the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique to public employees of the author…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-2

I. - Article L. 2111-1, the first paragraph of Article L. 2112-1, the articles L. 2112-2 to L. 2112-5-1 and the articles L. 2112-7 to L. 2112-12 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subj…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and representativeness of the association

Article R513-23

To be considered as representative within the meaning of I of Article L. 513-3 of the Insurance Code, the professional association must have paid-up members representing at least 10% of the total numb…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and representativeness of the association

Article R513-22

…the tasks of a professional trade union within the meaning of Book I of Part Two of the Labour Code and is not representative in this respect, whatever form it takes, whether federal or integrated.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and representativeness of the association

Article R513-21

The association referred to in I of Article L. 513-3 is a not-for-profit association with its registered office in France.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Equal access for men and women.

Article L6112-2

The principle of non-discrimination set out in Article L. 6112-1 does not preclude the introduction, on a transitional basis, by means of regulations or agreements, of measures taken for the sole bene…

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