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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

…17 undecies, 217 duodecies, 244 quater W, 244 quater X or 244 quater Y may only be exercised by companies listed in a public register kept by the State representative in the departments and collectivi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Publication formalities.

Article R210-21

…the bodies accredited for this purpose by the French Accreditation Committee defined by the décret n° 2008-1401 du 19 décembre 2008 relatif à l'accréditation et à l'évaluation de conformité pris en a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L228-29-8

No new securities may be issued pursuant to the articles of this section with the exception of those issued pursuant to decisions of general meetings prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n°…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-21

When a child's filiation is established with regard to both parents no later than the day of the child's birth declaration or subsequently but simultaneously, the parents choose the surname to which t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 F

…he tax credit defined in article 220 sexies is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company in respect of the financial year during which the expenses defined in III of this article were i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L446-2

…Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable locally and in compliance with the powers of the local authority; 2° The…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L445-2

…1° Access to work for foreigners is exercised under the conditions provided for by the legislation and regulations applicable locally and in compliance with the powers of the local authority; 2° The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2

The preparation, preservation, distribution and transfer, for autologous or allogeneic therapeutic purposes, of tissues and their derivatives and cell therapy preparations may be carried out by establ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 X

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-2

When an employee who is the victim of a non-occupational illness or accident is declared unfit by the occupational physician, in application of article L. 4624-4, to return to the job he/she previousl…

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