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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 decies

…bers of the air quality monitoring organisations provided for by article 3 of law no. 96-1236 of 30 December 1996 on air and the rational use of energy, are authorised to deduct from the tax contribut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-4

…the conditions mentioned in Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services, is es…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-22

The Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée's right of recovery is exercised until 31 December of the third year following the year in respect of which the taxes or contributions became due. Th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 B

…When, under the conditions set out in I of Article 11 of the 1985 Finance Act no. 84-1208 of 29 December 1984, they hold shares in non-trading companies (sociétés civiles) formed as from 1 January…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-20

…es the amount of the parliamentary allowance as defined in article 1 of the Order no. 58-1210 of 13 December 1958 on the Organic Law on the Allowances of Members of Parliament. This ceiling is net of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-6

…on of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, the Supplementary Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-26

…of such Sundays may not exceed twelve per calendar year. The list of Sundays is drawn up before 31 December for the following year. It may be amended in the same way during the year, at least two mon…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-7-1-A

…f a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Decision by the commission imposing a personal recovery plan without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-1

…aw no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending law no. 86-1290 of 23 December 1986. It includes the information provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article R. 7…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1499-00 A

…eets the conditions mentioned in the first paragraph for the first time must inform the owner by 31 December of the year in which it meets these conditions at the latest. The same applies if the compa…

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