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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…ment, repairs or improvements actually borne by the owner entitling him or her to the tax reduction may not exceed, in respect of any one year, €50,000 for a single, widowed or divorced person and €10…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5-1

…establishments and establishments authorised in application of articles L. 4211-9-1 and L. 4211-9-2 may obtain tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body from a Member State of the Europe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-9

…erned. The Autorité des marchés financiers also sets the conditions under which these contributions may be refunded in the event of a downward change in the basis of assessment or risk factors.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Employee with a fixed-term employment contract.

Article L1226-20

…n fixed-term contracts. The termination of the contract entitles the employee to an indemnity which may not be less than twice the amount of the indemnity provided for in article L. 1234-9. This termi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-4

…pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 2014/67 EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the implementation of Directive 96/71 EC concerning the posting of workers in the framew…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II

Article L3232-8

…egulation (EC) No 608/2004, the mandatory nutrition declaration provided for in the same Regulation may be accompanied by an additional presentation or expression by means of graphics or symbols, unde…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-15

I.-Any professional operating in an economic sector mentioned in III may ask the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs to take a formal position on compliance with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale. He may, under his supervision and responsibility, delegate signing authority to the heads of the said d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-32

…1901 relating to the contract of association. Only persons in the categories listed in the same 1° may join.The association draws up a code of conduct. This code defines the specific rules intended t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-21

The deputy mayor, referred to in article L. 2113-13, receives the allowance corresponding to the effective exercise of the functions of mayor, set in accordance with articles L. 2123-20 and L. 2123-23…

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