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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-16

For the application of article D. 71-111-15 :1° The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-16

For the application of article D. 72-101-15 :1° The population to be taken into account is the total population, municipal and counted separately, as it results from the last known census on the date…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

I. - In the event that compulsory liquidation proceedings are opened against a credit institution under Book VI of the French Commercial Code, creditors holding a preferential right, pledge, collatera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 AB

…ayers resident in France for tax purposes may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 18% of payments made in respect of cash subscriptions to the initial capital or capital increases of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

…ity receives a referral from the European Central Bank in accordance with the provisions of Article 18(5) of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, the supervisory board shall initia…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration procedure for travel agents and other operators selling travel and holidays.

Article R211-21

…m examination of the file that the application complies with the provisions of II of article L. 211-18. The Commission notifies the travel operator of a registration certificate showing his registrati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Employment contract

Article L812-1

…ting this single payment are the subject of an agreement between the bodies concerned before 1 July 2001. In the absence of an agreement by this date, these procedures are set by interministerial decr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465 A

…ranted from 1 January 2014 is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1a: Personnel management

Article D712-11-2

The purchaser of all or part of the business of a chamber of commerce and industry shall simultaneously inform each public-sector employee concerned and the chamber of commerce and industry that emplo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

…loitation of begging and endangering minors, provided for by the articles 221-1 à 221-5,222-1 à 222-18,222-34 à 222-40,224-1 à 224-8,225-4-1 à 225-4-4,225-5 à 225-10,225-12-1 à 225-12-3,225-12-5 to 22…

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