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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 161

…d, where applicable, in the income tax bases only up to the amount by which the repayment of the cancelled company rights exceeds the acquisition price of these rights in the case where the latter is…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article D321-6

The insurance contracts referred to in article L. 321-4-1 include at least : a) "Death" cover with a minimum limit of 20,000 euros; b) "Invalidity risk" cover comprising a capital sum of 30,000 euros…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

…n Articles L. 214-24-1 and L. 214-24-2 or without being authorised to do so by the Member States concerned in accordance with Article L. 214-24-1 ;2° Impose restrictions on AIFM established in a third…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-13

…any provision applicable to that category of employees. Where the agreement or arrangement only concerns a specific professional category covered by an electoral college, its validity is subject to i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-7

…licable to that category of employees. Where the branch agreement or professional agreement only concerns a specific professional category covered by an electoral college, its validity is subject to i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 775-1 A

A legal entity's bulletin no. 2 is the record of the records applicable to it, excluding those concerning the following decisions: 1° Convictions that have been expressly excluded from being mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Offences committed by the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-1

…pter IV of Title III and Title IV of Book V ; 6° Chapter II of Title II of this Book. A repeat offence is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros.The fine is applied as many t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Tattooing products

Article L5437-2

…ivity of an establishment to include such operations, without first making a declaration to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative finance intermediaries

Article L775-32

…Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 548-1 and L. 548-2 Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 548-3 and L. 548-4 Order no. 2014-559 of 30 May 2014 L. 548-5 Order no. 2016-520 of 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Labelling of cosmetic products

Article R5131-4

I. - The container and packaging of cosmetic products made available on the market shall bear the information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the Euro…

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