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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the Metropolitan Council and its President

Article L3642-2

…parking permit may be limited to one or more communes within the territory of the metropolitan area.8. Without prejudice to Article L. 2212-2 and by way of derogation from Article L. 2213-32, the Pres…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article R22-10-18

…ing of significant changes to the remuneration policy, as referred to in II of Article L. 22-10-26; 8° Where the Supervisory Board provides for derogations from the application of the remuneration pol…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…ating using the bioreactor method and recovering energy from the captured biogas tonne 34 35 47 53 58 61 65 D.-Authorised facilities falling under both B and C tonne 17 18 30 40 51 58 65 E.-Other auth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34-1

…ate of the European Union; 3° "EU State aid rules" means all the rules laid down by Articles 107, 108 and 109 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and by the regulations and all acts…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…31 of 27 March 2007Chapter III.-General obligations of tradersArticle R. 123-1Decree No. 2020-118 of 12 February 2020 Articles R. 123-2 to R. 123-4Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Article R. 12…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

…e intermediary of a natural person acting on their behalf, acts of reproduction and representation ;8° The reproduction of a work and its representation made for conservation purposes or intended to p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-42

…of corporation tax for which the settlor is liable in respect of this profit, pursuant to article 238 quarter F of the General Tax Code; 8° If the trust assets generate losses entitling the settlor to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10 ° : Tax credit for expenditure on executive production of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 220 quaterdecies

…ount calculated as follows:- 15% of the share of the production cost of the work below €4,000,000;- 8% of the share of the production cost of the work greater than or equal to €4,000,000 and less than…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

…olders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level State Certif…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-2 (art. A312-3)

…s on the other; -normal and emergency access to the playing area, by zone, from the stands. Exhibit 8 The description of the design and inspection resources used by the project owner to ensure that th…

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