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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Other provisions

Article D4021-5

…39 of 9 May 2012 on the Higher Council of the Hospital Civil Service, Article 5 of Decree No. 2012-225 of 16 February 2012 on the Higher Council of the State Civil Service, and Article 3 of Decree No.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

…from deposits located beyond 1 nautical mile of the baselines defined in Article 2 of Ordinance no. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 on maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the French R…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII BIS: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article R681-1

…ts of waiver of protection of the personal assets of the sole trader provided for in Article L. 526-25 are mentioned, specifying the name of the creditor concerned and the amount of the commitment; Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
SCHEDULE 5-3 (Annex to Article A. 526-6)

Article Annexe

…ich the waiver takes effect, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 526-25, the act of renunciation shall bear the following handwritten note by the sole trader: "I hereby…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5 - Multi-year impact study of operating expenditure linked to exceptional investment operations

Article D1611-35

…ents for inter-communal cooperation with a population in excess of 400,000, the threshold is set at 25% of actual operating revenue or 100 million euros; 6° For départements, the threshold is set at 2…

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

Article 212 bis

…ency of economic life and public procedures, as it stood prior to the entry into force of Order no. 2016-65 of 29 January 2016 relating to concession contracts ;2° A public works concession contract,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Livret A passbook savings accounts

Article L221-4

…for establishments offering the Livret A and for the credit institution mentioned in article L. 518-25-1.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-121

…of the periods stipulated in the aforementioned articles, in a proportion that may not be less than 25% of the sums calculated and up to a limit of 80% of the advance granted. The part of the advance…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions concerning the sporting events referred to in paragraph 2 of article R. 331-19

Article A331-22

…9 of the French Sports Code are grouped into four categories corresponding to annexes III-22 to III-25 : - land motor vehicle events in which speed is one of the essential elements of the classificati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Article L252-9

…tions may result only from the infringement of the mandatory provisions of Regulation No 2137-85 of 25 July 1985 of the Council of the European Communities, or of the provisions of this chapter or of…

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