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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

Additive manufacturing equipment acquired or created between 1 October 2015 and 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which it is brought…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-15

…y decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the prefect of the département or, in Paris, the prefect of the police, shall communicate to sports associations and companies and to approved sports federations the id…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-28

…e is open to an employee who, on the date of departure on leave, can prove a minimum length of service in the company, cumulated, where applicable, over several non-consecutive periods, as well as six…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 221-2

…g are subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-5

…nue generated as from this date, the revenue generated between 22 June 2020 and 1 September 2020. Receipts made before 14 March 2020 are not taken into account when determining these rates, except in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-7

…International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and if a denomination has been accepted by that member, that denomination must obligatorily be used in France to designate the said v…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue residence permits

Article R432-2

…ejection decision referred to in article R.* 432-1 arises at the end of a four-month period.As an exception to the first paragraph, this period is ninety days when the foreign national applies for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-2

The national health identifier is used to reference the health data and administrative data of any person receiving or due to receive a diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, pain-relieving, disability-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Indemnities of holders of office in the Martinique Assembly and of office in the Executive Council

Article L7227-19

The maximum allowances voted by the Assembly of Martinique for the actual performance of the duties of councillor to the Assembly of Martinique are determined by applying to the reference term mention…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Capture of computer data

Article D15-1-6

…odies, referred to in Article 706-95-17, that may carry out operations to install the technical devices referred to in Article 706-102-1 sont :-the national judicial police directorate and its zonal a…

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