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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L571-4

…tution, finance company or one of the legal entities or subsidiaries referred to in Articles L. 612-24 and L. 612-26 to respond, after formal notice, to requests for information from the Autorité de c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The council of the communauté de communes.

Article L5214-8

…23-3, L. 2123-5, L. 2123-7 to L. 2123-16, L. 2123-18-2 and L. 2123-18-4, as well as article L. 2123-24-1 are applicable to the members of the council of the communauté de communes.For the application…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article R3334-1-1

…r the value of the leave allowance calculated in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 3141-24 to L. 3141-27. II - The rules of the collective retirement savings plan provide for the default a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Accounting

Article D4425-41

…these compulsory enforcement measures in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 1617-24. Objections, when the matter falls within the jurisdiction of the judicial courts, are judged as…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20

I.-The undertakings referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 may apply on behalf of the group and the related undertakings concerned to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résoluti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-8

…ycle, the parties are free to determine the revision formula and, pursuant to III of article L. 631-24 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the indicators used. When the acquisition of the a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23-2

…amount of this same compensation provided for this purpose for 2010 by IX of this same article.From 2011, the compensation defined in the previous paragraphs is calculated in accordance with Article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-35

…amount of this same compensation provided for this purpose for 2010 by IX of this same article.From 2011, the compensation defined in the previous paragraphs is calculated in accordance with Article L…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…138-4, L. 138-5 and L. 139-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1518 of 24 November 2021. Articles L. 211-3 and L. 211-8 are applicable in their wording resulting from Orde…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quaterdecies

…ry of the tax credit, meet the minimum surface area and habitability standards mentioned in Article 244 quater J. In addition, the home acquired new, in a future state of completion or that the taxpay…

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