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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A

…y applying to the fraction of the sums subject to withholding which exceeds €16,050 the rate of: a) 12% for the portion in excess of €16,050 and up to €46,557; >> b) 20% for the portion in excess of €…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-14

Controls carried out pursuant to Articles L. 632-12 and L. 632-13 by representatives of a foreign supervisory authority entrusted with a mission similar to that entrusted in France to the Autorité de…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-16

…I of Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicable to members of the community council subject to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Departmental share of excise duty on electricity

Article L3333-2

…the metropolis of Lyon, a departmental share of the excise duty on energy mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on electricity.II.-.For 2022, the amount…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…p to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012. The portion of the fees collected by the Institute for the maintenance in force of European pate…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-9-1

…or which Appendix 1 to the International Convention against Doping in Sport, adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005, only provides for the possibility of reduced sanctions in exceptional circumstances, i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-7

…obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I ofarticle 11 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life. Their declarations of interest are made available t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-16

…the allocation of funding to the organisation in question or reduce the amount thereof. Before 1st October each year, the fund submits a report to the Government and Parliament on the use of its appr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-55

…gements are set out in Articles 356 to 362 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. An order of the Minister responsible for the economy specifies the detailed informatio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

…0;3° The cinematographic works were the subject of an application for investment approval between 1 October 2020 and 30 June 2021.The amount of the direct allocation is equal to 15% of the amount of t…

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