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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialised committees

Article R4641-14

…report of the Minister for Agriculture. As an exception to the provisions of article R. 4641-11, it may also be consulted by the Minister for Agriculture on other draft laws, ordinances, decrees or or…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies C

I.-Companies subject to corporation tax or income tax under an actual taxation system may deduct from their taxable income: 1° An amount equal to 125% of the additional capitalised costs, excluding fi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Applications

Article 1077

The claim may be based on only one of the cases provided for in the third to sixth paragraphs of Article 229 of the Civil Code. Any claim made in the alternative in any other case is inadmissible. Exc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-1

…here the offence was committed or, when the case is referred to him or her, the investigating judge may place the animal in a place of deposit set aside for this purpose or entrust it to a foundation…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R331-18

…nisation;7° "Circuit": a closed route that can be covered several times without being abandoned. It may only use roads that are permanently or temporarily closed to public traffic. Its route is marked…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L753-16

…right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with the excep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L752-16

…ght-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 341-1 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-2 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-3, with the excep…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum capital requirement

Article R352-29

…undertakings, except where all or some of the risks mentioned in one of the classes listed in 10 to 15 of Article R. 321-1 are covered, in which case it may not be lower than the threshold referred to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

The public prosecutor, as long as the public prosecution has not been initiated, may propose, directly or through an authorised person, a penal composition to a natural person who admits having commit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article L613-44

…mitments, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. II. - The collège de résolution may waive the minimum requirement referred to in I: 1° Housing finance companies ; 2° Sociétés de cr…

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