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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 237 bis A

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-103

…or the following years plus expenses, according to the scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 1.645% From €6,500 to €17,000 0.905% From €17,000 to €30,000 0.617% Over €30,000 0.452%b) For th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Caisses de crédit agricole mutuel.

Article R512-4

…tember 1953;13° Le groupement interprofessionnel des fleurs et des plantes à parfum créé par la loi n° 41-3408 du 16 juillet 1941 ;14° The mixed syndicates provided for in Book VII of Part 5 of the Ge…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article R421-1

By virtue of 5° of article L. 421-1, the following are punishable by the penalties laid down in article L. 422-1 : 1° The fact, for an operator of a cinema, of setting up a cinema access scheme withou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall publish the annual information referred to in Article L. 355-5 according to the following timetable a) No later than 20 weeks after t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2543-3

The expenditure necessary to fulfil the obligations imposed by law on communes is entered in the communal budget. The following are compulsory: 1° The material costs of the communal administration; 2°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-2

The employer will pay for tickets purchased by employees in the following categories: 1° Multimodal season tickets with an unlimited number of journeys, as well as annual, monthly, weekly or tacit ren…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-2

…ated on the basis of the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence, or to 50% of the expenditure incurred in carrying out the advertising or practice constituting the offence…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-4

…e delay is between twenty and thirty days, of 20% if the delay is between thirty and sixty days, of 50% between sixty and ninety days and of five additional points per new month of delay up to the pri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-52-4

…tity for the period necessary to achieve the resolution objectives mentioned in I of Article L. 613-50.

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