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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1831-1

…14 May 2021 R. 1221-21 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 1221-21-1 Decree no. 2021-1708 of 17 December 2021R. 1221-21-2 and R. 1221-21-3Decree no. 2021-596 of 14 May 2021R. 1221-21-4Decree no. 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-14-1

…icles L. 242-10 to L. 242-13, following a request for mutual assistance provided for in Article L. 511-10 relating to a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 37

…e last taxed period or, in the case of a new business, from the commencement of operations until 31 December of the year in question. These same profits are then deducted from the results of the balan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Employees and managers of the International Chamber of Commerce

Article 81 D

…France during the five calendar years preceding that in which they take up their post and, until 31 December of the fifth calendar year following that in which they take up their post, in respect of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Sexual harassment.

Article L1153-2

No person who has suffered or refused to suffer acts of sexual harassment as defined in Article L. 1153-1, including, in the case mentioned in 1° of the same Article L. 1153-1, if the comments or beha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Trade union representation at branch level

Article L2122-6-1

…oned inarticle L. 123-2 of the Social Security Code and, in Mayotte, inarticle 25-1 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, to sickness, maternity, inval…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to hazardous substances and mixtures.

Article L1342-1

…in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-14

…le L. 1617-5 of the General Local Authorities Code and II of article 128 of law no. 2004-1485 of 30 December 2004 amending the Finance Act for 2004, the capital or annuity guaranteed in favour of a sp…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-12

Holiday vouchers are valid until 31 December of the second calendar year following the year of issue. Vouchers not used during this period may be exchanged within three months of the end of the period…

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

Article 216 ter

…24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, and which pay up the shares thus subscribed by 31 December 1965 at the latest, may, under the conditions and subject to the reservations provided for…

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