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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-4

…e applies is made up, for the urban equalisation grant, of the total equalisation grant received in 2004 by the urban departments, as defined in article L. 3334-6-1, and, for the minimum operating all…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-3

…its public establishments and of workers affiliated to the pension scheme resulting from decree no. 2004-1056 of 5 October 2004 as amended when they are non-tenured State employees; b) The training pl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII quater : Taxes levied by groupings substituted for communes for the application of provisions relating to the business property tax, the business value added tax, the flat-rate tax on network companies and the additional tax on property not built on.

Article 1609 nonies C

…ressources communales et intercommunales provided for in 2.1 of Article 78 of Law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010, excluding the fraction calculated in accordance with the condi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-31

The sale is again subject to articles L. 141-28 to L. 141-30 when it occurs more than two years after the date on which all employees were informed of the sale. If during this two-year period the work…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Electronic money issuers

Article L572-20

…s or to convene them to any general meeting is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.Any manager of an electronic money institution or any person in the service of the institutio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Exemption provisions relating to direct allocations based on the distribution conditions of cinematographic works

Article 919-63

…on from 5° of the same article, the minimum amount of final distribution expenditure is reduced to €30,000;3° By way of derogation from the first paragraph of 2° of article 222-20, distribution compan…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Reimbursement of medical and hospital expenses

Article R313-3

…by the foreign national or by the host on his/her behalf must cover, up to a minimum amount set at 30,000 euros, all medical and hospital expenses, including social assistance, likely to be incurred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-14

…lth or any action taken to withdraw a batch is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L912-1-1

…n° 2005-882 du 2 août 2005 précitée" appearing in the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 223-30 are replaced respectively by the words: "l'ordonnance n° 2008-697 du 11 juillet 2008 relative à l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Commissions

Article D2315-29

…e R. 612-1 of the French Commercial Code. The threshold mentioned in article L. 2315-44-2 is set at 30,000 euros.

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