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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to private educational establishments under contract with the State

Article L5134-128

Subsections 1 to 3 of this section apply to the private educational establishments mentioned in articles L. 442-5 and L. 442-12 of the Education Code and article L. 813-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-16

The amount of the surcharge provided for in IV of article L. 2333-87 is set at 20% of the amount of the unpaid parking charge outstanding, but may not be less than €50.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17

The collection and recovery of the unpaid post-parking charge and its increase are governed by the provisions of article R. 2323-7 of the general code of public property.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-2

The provisions of this section do not apply when : 1° The device is sold to a manufacturer of an in vitro diagnostic medical device, except where the latter expressly requests this from the reseller;…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-3

Legal entities whose registered office is in France and whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall make public the information required by the report referred to in the last…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R743-120

…rce are governed by the provisions of Book II, subject to the provisions of this section and of law n° 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professi…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A ter

I. - 1. The benefits defined in I of Article 80 bis and in I of Article 80 quaterdecies from a French source, give rise to the application of a withholding tax on the sale of the corresponding securit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Procedures for drawing up and issuing the payment notice for the parking charge

Article R2333-120-10

When the payment notice is notified by the Agence nationale de traitement automatisé des infractions, the information to be entered on this notice, including the notice number, is recorded as soon as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the collection of parking charges by a contracting third party

Article R2333-120-11

For the collection of parking fees paid by immediate payment or by payment of the post-parking charge within the period in which it is due, a third-party organisation may be used, under the conditions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Procedures for drawing up and issuing the payment notice for the parking charge

Article R2333-120-9

Before taking up their duties, the persons appointed to issue notices for payment of the post-parking charge shall take an oath before the judicial court in the place of their administrative residence…

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