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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R114-2

…Article L. 111-2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 272

…nded under the conditions provided for in Article 271 when these sales or services are subsequently cancelled or terminated or when the corresponding receivables have become definitively irrecoverable…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R3321-2

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° In Article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are deleted…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

…ng from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY STANDTo Book IIn Title VIID. 2171-4 D. 2171-5 Resulting from decree no. 2019…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L920-2

For the application of this code in the collectivity, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° Deleted;2° Deleted;3° Deleted;4° "Chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale" by "Chambre d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Work in ports, landing stages and stations

Article R3132-2

…repair work on river boats; 2° Building work; 3° Open-air brickworks; 4° Fruit, vegetable and fish canning factories; 5° Open-air rope works.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains on securities realised by companies

Article 248 A

Where shares in nationalised companies are included in the assets of a company, the capital gain or loss resulting from the compensation provided for in articles 4,15,16 and 32 of the Nationalisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Departmental commercial development commissions.

Article L751-2

…t. It informs the mayors of the municipalities bordering on the municipality in which the site is located, as soon as applications for authorisation to operate a business have been registered. Where a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article R741-23

…ticles R. 742-7 to R. 742-15-1, and the ongoing training of commercial court clerks and, where applicable, the training of their staff. It is also responsible for drawing up, each year, in agreement w…

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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

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable locally and in comp…

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