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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Foreign nationals who have been admitted to reside in another Member State

Article R421-46

For the application of the first two paragraphs of article L. 421-27, the establishment or company employing the foreign national who is carrying out an assignment in France shall first notify the for…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Foreign nationals who have been admitted to reside in another Member State

Article R421-48

…nual residence permit bearing the wording "mobile ICT seconded employee" provided for in Article L. 421-27 is issued, the minister responsible for immigration informs the competent authorities of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Foreign nationals who have been admitted to reside in another Member State

Article R421-49

For the application of the third paragraph of Article L. 421-27, the issue of a multiannual residence permit bearing the wording "ICT mobile seconded employee" may also be refused to the foreign natio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 3: Foreign nationals who have been admitted to reside in another Member State

Article R421-47

…tiannual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché mobile ICT" provided for in article L. 421-27 is notified to the foreign national in writing as soon as possible and no later than 90 days…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-44

…icient is rounded to four decimal places. III -The coefficients provided for in II are increased by 20% when works cumulatively obtain a minimum of 30 points for the "Creation" group and a minimum of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-48

For the "Dramatic content" group, a maximum of 20 points are awarded as follows: 1° A maximum of 3 points will be awarded to the "Setting" sub-group, allocated in turn as follows: a) At least one of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 K

The taxpayer may spontaneously declare an amount of advance payment in respect of the year of commencement of receipt of income falling within a category of profits or income mentioned in article 204…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Establishment and liquidation of claims.

Article L3253-20

…s, the advance of the necessary funds from the guarantee institutions mentioned in Article L. 3253-14. In the case of safeguard proceedings, the court-appointed agent must justify to these institution…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Payment of the allowance

Article D553-20

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration (French Office for Immigration and Integration) sends the following information to the Agence de services et de paiement (Services and Payment…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-20

In the event of serious or immediate danger, the administrative authority may suspend by order the provision of services referred to in article L. 521-19 until it is brought into line with current reg…

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