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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 bis

The salaries paid to apprentices with a contract that meets the conditions laid down by the French Employment Code, as well as the bonus mentioned in article L. 124-6 of the French Education Code paid…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-8

If no objection is made within the period provided for in Article R. 733-6, the commission shall inform the debtor and the creditors by simple letter that the measures provided for in Articles L. 733-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-8

The president of the Agence nationale du développement professionnel continu is the president of the general meeting of the founding members of the public interest grouping referred to in article R. 4…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-8

Customs officers, New Caledonian officials responsible for applying the regulations on the fight against doping and the protection of athletes' health, and officers and agents of the criminal investig…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes

Article R221-8

The period of registration on the list of elite sportsmen and women in one of the categories provided for in articles R. 221-4, R. 221-5 and R. 221-6 may be extended for a period of one year, followin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Offences common to the various forms of commercial company

Article L247-8

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 9,000 euros for a liquidator, in bad faith: 1° Making use of the assets or credit of the company in liquidation that he knows to be contrary…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Contractual obligations of training providers and holders of the personal training account

Article R6333-8

When the Caisse des dépôts et consignations finds that a service provider referred to in Article L. 6351-1 has failed to honour the commitments it has made in a way that is likely to seriously harm pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for the provision of services in France by live performance entrepreneurs established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R7122-8

The prior notification of activity referred to in 1° of article L. 7122-6 is sent, via the teleservice referred to in article R. 7122-2, to the regional prefect for the place of public representation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation system

Article R2142-8

The holder(s) of the authorisations to carry out the clinical and biological activities necessary for the implementation of in vitro fertilisation as mentioned in article R. 2142-6 shall jointly set u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Public holidays.

Article L3164-8

In sectors where this is justified by the particular characteristics of the activity, a list of which is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, an agreement or an extended collective labour agreement or…

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