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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R6123-16

…ed to operating expenses ; b) A sub-section dedicated to investment expenditure; France Compétences may create any other section on behalf of third parties.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIa: Supplementary apprenticeship contribution

Article 1609 quinvicies

I. - An additional apprenticeship contribution is instituted.This contribution is payable by companies with at least two hundred and fifty employees that are liable for the apprenticeship tax pursuant…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-16

…rred to in the first paragraph decreases linearly at the end of each year, from 100% at 1 January 2016 to 0% at 1 January 2032.When insurance and reinsurance undertakings apply the volatility adjustme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5221-16

…s associated with their use in conjunction with the materials, substances and gases with which they may come into contact during their normal use, the risks of injury associated with their physical ch…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1665 bis

…payment corresponding to the tax credit provided for in Article 200 quater B of this code.Taxpayers may apply to the tax authorities, before 1 December of the year preceding that in which the advance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Obligations in the event of a low risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-16

…hout prejudice to the application of the provisions of article L. 112-6, a payment service provider may accept payments made for the expenses mentioned in a, b, c, e and f which exceed the ceilings se…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 B

…by this code in its wording in force on 31 December 2009, with the exception of 4 of I of l'article 1636 B sexies. Company property tax assessments for 2010 are levied for the benefit of the State's g…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-16

Sociétés coopératives d'achat en commun de commerçants détaillants et leurs unions constituées sous l'empire de la loi n° 49-1070 du 2 août 1949 are deemed to satisfy the provisions of this chapter wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.

Article L143-16

Registration and cancellation of the preferential rights of registered creditors are subject to formalities, the terms of which are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-16

Any change occurring in the situation of brokers who have applied for or obtained their registration on a list, with regard to the conditions set out in article L. 131-15, must be brought to the atten…

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