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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-12

…d distribution companies when they can provide proof of a distribution contract. In this case, they may benefit from direct allocations to cover the promotional expenses mentioned in 6° to 9° of artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Repair, reconstruction and rebuilding of property and businesses damaged as a result of hostilities

Article 1057

The I of Article 1056 may be invoked on the occasion of transfers of ownership provided for by the Order of 8 September 1945, authorising the direct construction by the State or by associations for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-10

…ve public participation by electronic means as provided for by articles L. 4433-10-6 and L. 4433-10-9, a copy of the file may be consulted on paper from the time that it is made available in places an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Social and tax regime.

Article L3332-27

The sums mentioned in article L. 3332-11 may be deducted by the company from its profits for the purposes of corporation tax or income tax, as the case may be. They are not taken into account for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-15

…inister for Defence is consulted prior to any dissolution, as provided for in 3° of article L. 6133-9, of a health cooperation grouping in which an army hospital or other element of the army health se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to requests for information issued by the French services

Article R49-36

…quest for information relates to an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Article 695-23 and punishable in France by a custodial sentence of at least three years' imprisonment and, se…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-10

…mum period of two months from the date of transmission of the report referred to in Article D. 1142-9. It invites the employer to submit its observations and to justify, where applicable, the reasons…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Assessment procedure

Article 1508

…for in articles 1406 and 1502, and those provided for in XVII of article 34 of law n° 2010-1658 du 29 décembre 2010 de finances rectificative pour 2010 font l'objet de rôles particuliers jusqu'à ce qu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2019

…ten deed registered under the same conditions. The designation of a third party pursuant to Article 2017 and information on the identity of the beneficial owner(s) of the trust referred to in Article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-2

…irectly or through the intermediary of a portfolio management company referred to in Article L. 532-9 of the same code, with the exception of those which exclusively manage FIAs covered by I of articl…

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