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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Development fund for the professional integration of disabled people

Article R5214-21

…r for Employment, for approval, the draft distribution of contributions for the current year, by 31 March each year at the latest. It shall also send him the report on the use of contributions for the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article D112-21

…p by decision of the Managing Director, under the conditions laid down in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies, and with the agreement of the accoun…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles.

Article L2261-18

…n possible to conclude agreements for at least five years, this situation may be assimilated to the case of absence or default of the organisations within the meaning of article L. 2261-17 and give ri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 212 bis

…al charges borne by an undertaking which is not a member of a group, within the meaning of Articles 223 A or 223 A bis, are deductible from taxable income subject to corporation tax up to the higher o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Treatment of losses incurred before joining the group

Article 223 I

…fixed assets by a company in the group, is added back to the overall result, if this revaluation is carried out in the accounts of a financial year closed between 31 December 1986 and the opening date…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The arbitration tribunal

Article 1456

The arbitral tribunal is constituted when the arbitrator or arbitrators have accepted the assignment entrusted to them. On that date, the dispute is referred to it. It is the arbitrator's responsibili…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Joint ventures.

Article 1872-1

…ts in his own name and is solely liable to third parties. However, if the participants act in their capacity as partners in the sight and knowledge of third parties, each of them is liable to the latt…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-22

…gements of the provisions of Book IV and the infringements and breaches referred to in Articles L. 511-12 et L. 511-13, à l'article L. 521-1, Section 2 of Chapter I of Title II and Section 1 of Chapte…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 sexies

(Paragraph not applicable)The additional payment made by cooperative production societies pursuant to the article 40 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of these companies, on the occasion…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-21

…s of a management company are liable to two years' imprisonment and a fine of 750,000 euros if they carry out their duties without the company's authorisation from the Autorité des marchés financiers,…

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