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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-21

I.-The opening judgment interrupts or prohibits any legal action on the part of all creditors whose claim is not mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17 and seeking: 1° To order the debtor to pay a sum of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Qualified persons.

Article R221-2

The professional licence referred to in article R. 221-1 is issued to persons residing in France by the prefect of the département in which they are established. It is issued by the Prefect of Paris t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Money changers

Article D524-2

I. - For the purposes of c of I of article L. 524-3, the beneficial owner(s) is (are) the natural person(s) defined in accordance with the provisions of article R. 561-1. II. - The managers and benefi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2312-23

The social and economic committee is informed and consulted after the company has been notified of the direct award, by a public entity, of subsidies, loans or repayable advances, the amount of which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-20

In the event of the annulment of the election of all the members of the assembly of a union or of all the members of a college, new elections for the union or college concerned must be organised withi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the personal training account for disabled people in care in an establishment or service providing assistance through work

Article R6323-29

I.-The personal training account of the person referred to in article L. 6323-33 is credited with 800 euros per year of full-time or part-time admission to an establishment or service providing assist…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2

…vided under the contracts referred to in article L. 143-1 may include additional cover in the event of the member's death before or after ceasing professional activity, as well as in the event of disa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII ter: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of inland waterway vessels used to transport goods

Article 238 sexdecies

Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies and realised on the disposal of inland waterway vessels used for the transport of goods, in operation by a river transport company o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions applicable to investment services providers relating to the design and distribution of financial instruments

Article L533-24

…apply and review a validation process for each financial instrument and for significant adaptations of existing financial instruments before they are marketed or distributed to clients. This validatio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-2

For investment grants awarded in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year period referred to in the first paragraph of article 411-17 for the work to obtain a cinematographic exhibition licence is replaced b…

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