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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director and staff of the Agency

Article R4642-7

The Agency may employ contractual agents under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2014-21 of 9 January 2014 setting out the contractual conditions applicable to agents of the National Agency for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 197 A

…plicable for the calculation of income tax due by persons who, not having their tax domicile in France:a. Receive income from a French source; in this case, the tax may not be less than an amount calc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Tariff

Article 777

…iff of duties applicable in direct line : FRACTION OF NET TAXABLE SHARE TARIFF applicable (%) Not exceeding 8,072 5 Between € 8,072 and € 12,109 10 Between € 12,109 109 and €15,932 15 Ranging between…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article D214-59

…drawn up by companies in order to obtain recognition of the innovative nature of their products, processes or techniques, as referred to in article L. 214-30, are submitted to the public limited compa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Objectives and resources agreement

Article D6323-21-5

…ects mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 5422-1 and the organisation of validation sessions for the certification relating to the professional knowledge and skills base mentioned in I of article D. 61…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-58

…espect of the financial year during which the options are granted: 1° The company shall, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186 and articles L. 22-10-56 and L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D775-21

…hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 533-2-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 533-3 to D. 533-5No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 533-11 with the ex…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: RIGHT OF ASYLUM AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

Article R240-1

…of Book V are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by this Book, with the exception of the provisions of article R. 521-7, the provisions relating to fingerprinting in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article D227-1

…1 relating to the appointment of a statutory auditor are those defined in Article D. 221-5.The balance sheet total and the amount of turnover excluding tax are determined in accordance with the fifth…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-14

For application in Mayotte, article R. 1441-9 reads as follows: "Art. R. 1441-9.For the cross-industry and management sections, the following are taken into account: 1° Companies that are direct membe…

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