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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-14

The application to register the company in the Trade and Companies Register shall be drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 15 of Decree n°84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use of funds by skills operators to pay for work-linked training, personal training accounts and skills development for companies with fewer than fifty employees

Article L6332-14

…have signed an agreement establishing an inter-professional skills operator to manage continuing vocational training funds. For apprenticeship contracts, this level is determined according to the fie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-21-2

Aid for professional integration may not be granted in the following cases: 1° When recruitment is to replace an employee who has been made redundant for a reason other than serious misconduct or gros…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 F bis

The tax credit provided for in article 220 sexies A is deducted from the corporation tax payable by the company in respect of the financial year ending 31 December 2020 or the first financial year end…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 B

…on provided for in Article 44 septdecies are exempt from business property tax for establishments located in priority development zones defined in II of the same Article 44 septdecies that they have c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment income

Article R343-14

In the case of undertakings authorised to carry out the transactions referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and supplementary occupational pension funds, in the event of the sale of securities valued i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-14

…of the ad hoc agent, the conciliator, the agent for the execution of the agreement and, where applicable, the expert, according to the diligence involved in carrying out their mission. Their remunera…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-2

I. - The judge shall rule within twenty days on applications submitted to him pursuant to Articles 2 and 5 of the aforementioned Order. II. - The judge may not rule on these applications before the si…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-14

…ve its employees monitored by a company occupational health and prevention service in the following cases: 1° The company or establishment belongs to a group within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 ;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1122

…to the provisions of 3° of Article 679, exempt from registration duties and, dispensed, where applicable, from the formality unless, as far as reconstituted deeds are concerned, the duties applicable…

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