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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-24

…Conseil d'Etat. Where the creditor has been released from foreclosure in accordance with article L. 622-26, the time limits only run from the date of notification of this decision; they are then reduc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Rural solidarity grant.

Article L2334-21

…headquarters of centralising offices, and to communes that were canton chief towns on 1 January 2014;Not eligible are communes:1° Located in an urban unit:a) Representing at least 10% of the departme…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-21

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, at least half of the permanent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2312-21

…e quarterly information for the Social and Economic Committee provided for in 3° of Article L. 2312-69 sets out, month by month, the changes in the workforce and in the qualifications of employees by…

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

Article 216 bis

Interest and income received after 31 December 1955 on A shares in Société nationale des chemins de fer français which remain blocked after that date in the assets of the former concessionary companie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° Capital gains distributed by undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities and certain collective investments

Article 242 ter D

…collective investment in transferable securities and collective investments covered by articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-32-1, L. 214-139 to L. 214-147 and L. 214-152 to L. 214-166 of the Monetary and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-10

…of one or more malformations or developmental disorders attributable to the prescription, before 31 December 2015, of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pregnancy, or where applicable,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-20

The members of the commission mentioned in 2° of article R. 15-33-29-18 and their alternates and, on the proposal of the members mentioned in 3° and 4° of the same article, the representatives of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Specific provisions for foreign nationals subject to a French ban when they are no longer under house arrest

Article R733-21

…foreign national to comply with the declaration and presentation obligations set out in article L. 733-16 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-93

…ratio between the amount of the aforementioned appropriations and the number of works which, at 31 December of the previous calendar year, met the conditions for receiving a direct allocation.

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