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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Master and feeder general purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-59

I. - When the feeder general-purpose investment fund and the master AIF or UCITS do not have the same depositary, their depositaries shall enter into an information exchange agreement in order to ensu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 13: Discounts or reductions cancelling out the effect of registration tax on carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars

Article L121-24

…consumer the effect of the tax on carbon dioxide emissions from passenger cars provided for in a of 4° of the article L. 421-30 du code des impositions sur les biens et services.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-24

Any person shall be liable to five years' imprisonment and a fine of €37,500 if : 1° In their capacity as an employer, self-employed person, member of the liberal professions or self-employed person,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Transmission of information to the maternal and child protection service.

Article R2112-21

…ars send a birth certificate drawn up in accordance with the provisions of article 11 of decree no. 62-921 of 3 August 1962 amending certain rules relating to civil status records, within forty-eight…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the personal training account for disabled people in care in an establishment or service providing assistance through work

Article D6323-29-2

The contribution from the establishment or work-based support service mentioned in article L. 6323-36 is equal to 0.20% of the base equal to the sum of: 1° On the one hand, the fraction of guaranteed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXV: Tax credit for interest-free repayable advances to finance the acquisition or construction of a principal residence

Article 244 quater J

…he holder of the "mobility inclusion" card bearing the "disability" mention mentioned in article L. 241-3 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles;b) When the beneficiary of the repayable advan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4351-24

…3° The terms and conditions under which an adaptation period, an aptitude test or both are required;4° The procedures for organising and assessing the adaptation period;5° The information to be provid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article R812-21-1

…812-2, may be assisted, in addition to the persons listed in the third paragraph of Article R. 811-42, one or more bailiffs or auctioneers, as the case may be; 3° The costs incurred by the assistance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Advisory Committee (R).

Article R2113-21

The consultative commission provided for in article L. 2113-23, as it stood prior to la loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, meets in the town hall annex.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-24

…de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail under the conditions set out in article L. 1332-6. The results are sent by the laboratory to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who…

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