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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Criminal provisions.

Article L7123-30

…a financial guarantee resulting from a guarantee given in breach of the provisions of article L. 7123-20 is liable to six months' imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Safeguard plan.

Article R626-52

The thresholds set pursuant to Article L. 626-29 are: 1° 250 employees and 20 million euros in net sales; or 2° 40 million euros in net sales. These thresholds are assessed on the date of the applicat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint committees

Article D2261-11

If an organisation does not send an authorised representative to the joint committee convened in application of article L. 2261-20, a new invitation is sent to it within one month by registered letter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration

Article R7123-3

None of the successive deductions referred to in article L. 7123-9 and made by the modelling agency to reimburse the expenses it has advanced for the promotion and development of the model's career ma…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies F

…applies to the assets mentioned in 1° to 3° acquired when new from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022. II.The deduction referred to in I applies to non-road mobile machinery recorded as fixed asset…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR GROUPINGS

Article L1831-2

…bject to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1221-1 Law no. 2021-771 of 17 June 2021 ratifying ordinances no. 2021-45 of 20 January 2021 and no. 2021-71 of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Effect on insurance contracts of the requisition of goods and services.

Article L160-7

The requisitioning of services, within the meaning of article 2 of order no. 59-63 of 6 January 1959 relating to the requisitioning of goods and services, as well as in the case of accommodation or ca…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communicat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…l servants:-Researchers, engineers, assistant engineers and research technicians governed by decree no. 83-1260 of 30 December 1983 as amended.-Research teachers governed by decree no. 84-431 of 6 Jun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article R2563-4

…ity and social cohesion grant and the rural solidarity grant provided for in 1° of II of Article L. 2334-23-1 accruing to the municipalities of each overseas department is distributed among the munici…

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