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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16

I. - Articles R. 354-2-1, R. 354-3-2 and R. 354-3-3 do not apply to supplementary occupational pension funds.II. - For the application of article R. 354-3 to supplementary occupational pension funds,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-16

The amount of the costs mentioned in 3° of articles R. 224-1 and R. 224-2 is set at €1,500.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Committee on abuse of tax law

Article 1653 D

…ity that he has held during the two years preceding his appointment, that he holds or comes to hold;3° Any mandate within a legal entity that he has held during the two years preceding his appointment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article L4163-16

I.-Under conditions defined by decree, the management bodies mentioned in article L. 4163-14 of this Code and, for the companies and establishments mentioned in articles L. 722-20 and L. 722-24 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…ncil(s) concerned or by representative trade union organisations within the meaning of article L. 2231-1 of the Labour Code.The Chairman of the Supervisory Board is chosen from among the representativ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-16

…qualifications and the trades and crafts sector applies is carried out by the experts mentioned in 3° of article R. 6251-1 appointed by the Grand Est regional chamber of trades and crafts. Supervisio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-16

…n respect of the establishment in the twelve months preceding the application.The coefficient is :- 3 when the amount of tax is less than or equal to €152,000;- 2 when the amount of tax is greater tha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1680 A

…ished in France or in the single euro payment area, a caisse de crédit agricole governed by Section 3 of Chapter II of Title I of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code, a caisse de crédit mutuel,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxation of income and capital gains in the event of transfer of domicile outside France

Article 167 bis

…rmined in accordance with the rules set out in Article 758 and the last paragraph of I of Article 973, and their acquisition price by the taxpayer or, in the case of an acquisition free of charge, the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-16

…visions or transferred, in whole or in part, to the provision for bonuses referred to in article R. 343-3. Amounts transferred to the latter provision are allocated to the mathematical reserve or paid…

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