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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-36-1

The natural person operators designated in I of Article L. 321-4 as well as the natural persons who are directors, partners or employees of a legal entity operator and who are authorised to conduct vo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Travel expenses

Article A444-48

The travel expenses mentioned in a of 3° of I of article Annexe 4-8 shall be subject to a flat-rate reimbursement: 1° Equal to thirty-two times the 1st class rail mileage tax for each document served,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 89-1

At the first hearing, the civil party shall be informed of his or her right to make a request for an act or to submit a motion for annulment on the basis of the Articles 81, ninth paragraph, 82-1, 156…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Normal system

Article 683

I. - Civil and judicial deeds transferring ownership or usufruct of immovable property for valuable consideration are subject to land registration tax or registration duty at the rate provided for in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Generalised social contribution levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale des allocations familiales, the Fonds de solidarité vieillesse and compulsory health insurance schemes

Article 1600-00 C

In accordance with II bis of article L. 136-5 of the Social Security Code, the generalised social contribution on earned income and replacement income due on foreign source income, provided that, in t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion

Article R6523-20

In order to obtain the same number of representatives, on the one hand, of the trade union organisations and, on the other hand, of the professional organisations plus the representatives of the consu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-1

I. - A. - The penalties provided for in A of I of Article L. 465-1 shall apply to any person who carries out a transaction, places an order or behaves in such a way as to give, or be likely to give, m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-27

A document referred to in article L. 1111-25 of this code created in digital form has the same evidential value as a paper document when it has been drawn up and stored under the conditions set out in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution.

Article L322-5

Subject to the derogations resulting from this section, insurance and capitalisation undertakings nationalised pursuant to Article 1 of Law no. 46-835 of 25 April 1946 relating to the nationalisation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-27

The grant is paid as follows:- 75% at the time of the award decision;- 25% after submission to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of the developed version of the project and proof of e…

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