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

Article L5216-8

…ources mentioned in I and V of article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code.The conurbation community may, in addition, collect, in respect of the competence of organising authority for the public distr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-26

…rights enabling it to exercise significant influence over the management of an issuer.II. - A UCITS may not hold more than :1° 10% of the non-voting equity securities of any one issuer ;2° 10% of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-18

…emuneration used as a basis for the paid holiday allowance as provided for in II of article L. 3141-24 , reduced to an hourly amount based on the legal working time applicable in the company or, where…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…u h de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Disciplinary procedure

Article R4441-27

…December 2019 R. 4126-9Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-10Decree no. 2008-484 of 22 May 2008 R. 4126-11Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 December 2019 R. 4126-12Decree no. 2019-1286 of 3 Decem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Definition of taxable profits

Article 92

…° The sums received by lawyers in their capacity as trustee of a trust operation defined in Article 2011 of the Civil Code.3. The profits made by the clerks holding their office are taxed, in accordan…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Career development advice

Article R6111-5

…r professional and managerial staff created by the national inter-professional agreement of 12 July 2011 relating to the Association pour l'emploi des cadres, responsible for providing vocational deve…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2334-2

…entioned in the following six paragraphs, the population to be taken into account in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the application of this section is that used to calculate the global operating grant for th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-4

…ual to 3,000 euros per minute produced; 2° Audiovisual works belonging to the documentary genre are 24 minutes or longer and have a production cost greater than or equal to 2,333 euros per minute prod…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Rules relating to non-marine damage insurance

Article A125-2

…0.5% of premiums or contributions for damage cover;contracts insuring risks falling within category 24 of article A. 344-2: 12% of all premiums or contributions relating to the contract, with the exce…

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