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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for registration

Article D7342-10

…acts or general conditions of use that bind it to the workers as follows: "Pursuant toarticle L. 7342-9 of the French Labour Code, this social responsibility charter was approved by administrative dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-107

…o the following scale:Tranches of basis Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 1.645% From €6,500 to €17,000 0.905% From €17,000 to €30,000 0.617% Over €30,000 0.452%

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-109

…cale, in the case of outright termination or cancellation:Base rates Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 0.822% From €6,500 to €17,000 0.452% From €17,000 to €30,000 0.308% Over €30,000 0.226%2° A proportiona…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-108

…ing to the following scale:Base scales Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 3.870% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.596% From €17,000 to €60,000 1.064% Over €60,000 0.799%

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-105

Leases by auction, including the specifications (number 79 of table 5) give rise, to the collection of a proportional emolument according to the following scale:Tranches of assessment Applicable rate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-104

…same period, according to the following scale:Tranches of assessment Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 3.289% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.809% From €17,000 to €30,000 1.234% Over €30,000 0.905%2° A component…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-103

…dice to any fees received in respect of the service referred to in b of 4° of I of article annexe 4-9, an emolument equal to half a month's rent;2° In the case of a farm, food or sharecropping lease:a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions applicable during periods of general mobilisation and wartime.

Article D2573-10

The articles R. 2124-1 to R. 2124-5 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-8

If the first day of filming is interrupted, postponed or abandoned between 1 October 2022 and 31 March 2023 inclusive, the amount of aid resulting from the provisions of article 913-7, including the a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-105

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 322-2-1, mutual insurance companies may only borrow to set up : 1° If their articles of association so provide, the supplementary social fund ; 2° The guarantee…

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