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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R50-36

…es; f) Date of the offences; g) Date of notification of the obligations provided for in Article 706-25-8 and the article 19-II de la loi n° 2015-912 du 24 juillet 2015; h) Where applicable, dates of c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

…le L. 411-7 of the Internal Security Code; 3° The civic reserve referred to in Article 1 of Law No. 2017-86 of 27 January 2017 on equality and citizenship, and the thematic reserves it comprises;4° Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15-1

…omplex financial instruments defined in accordance with Article 57 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU as regards organisational requirements…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…as amended by Decree no. 2020-1452 of 27 November 2020; Article R. 121-20 as amended by Decree no. 2017-891 of 6 May 2017; Articles R. 121-23 and R. 125-1 as amended by Decree no. 2019-1333 of 11 Dec…

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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 A

…conditions as those provided for in 1 and 2 of I of Article 885-0 V bis, as it stood on 31 December 2017.However, the rate is set at 25% for payments made until 31 December 2023.2° The benefit of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Electronic voting.

Article R713-58

The support files are kept under the conditions set by article R. 713-25.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-31

The cross-appeal shall be lodged in accordance with the provisions of article R. 411-25.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R1313-35

The budget is submitted to the Board of Directors for approval before 25 November of the previous year.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-80

…onsible for vocational training and the budget in accordance with the provisions of article R. 6332-25.From the date on which the level of funding is set by the national joint employment committee, or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-1

For the purposes of this chapter, "unavailable book" means a book published in France before 1 January 2001 which is no longer distributed commercially by a publisher and which is not currently publis…

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