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Showing 31013110 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-30-13

…ive authority responsible for implementing the data processing service may not keep the information and documents contained in the file beyond a period of two months, starting from the transmission of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-5-2

…ion justifies it, in particular on the basis of the number of integration jobs set by the agreement and the forecast number of terminations of inclusion open-ended employment contracts at the initiati…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-2-9

…ticle L. 6332-1-1 is authorised by joint order of the ministers responsible for vocational training and the overseas departments and territories to manage in Mayotte, for a period of five years, the c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-30-1

In the cases mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2, when the participating insurance or reinsurance undertaking, the insurance group company, the union mutualiste de groupe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZE

…the transfer to a publisher or distributor of television services within the meaning of Articles 2 and 2-1 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication (1) of broadcas…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article R522-24-9

…er with acknowledgement of receipt or by delivery against receipt. It shall indicate the time limit and procedures for appealing against this decision.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Alerts to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor and the exercise of his powers

Article D47-1-30

For the application of articles 696-108 and 696-111, the offences committed after 20 November 2017 falling within the jurisdiction of the European Public Prosecutor's Office and for which the alerts p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZI

It is instituted, for online circle games organised and operated under the conditions laid down by the article 14 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZG

It is hereby instituted, for the pari mutuel organised and operated by the sociétés de courses under the conditions laid down by Article 5 of the Law of 2 June 1891, the purpose of which is to regulat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZK

The rate of the levies mentioned in articles 302 bis ZH and 302 bis ZI is set at :27.9% of gross gaming revenue in respect of sports betting marketed in a physical distribution network and 33.7% of gr…

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