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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 53 A

…ee lays down definitions and valuation rules with which companies are required to comply. The model forms for the declaration and the documents provided for above are set by decree. (1) These provisio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 483

…faculties of the person concerned established at the request of the principal or the agent, in the forms provided for in article 481 ;2° The death of the protected person or their placement under cur…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Housing concessions granted to civil servants

Article R114-53

…sals, together with the opinion of the departmental director of public finance, to the region and informs the Minister responsible for sport. The region deliberates on these proposals. The president o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special provisions for specialised financing funds

Article L214-190-3

The specialised financing fund is a specialised financing body set up in the form of a co-ownership.The fund does not have legal personality. The provisions of the Civil Code relating to joint ownersh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose.

Article L1253-1

Groups of persons falling within the scope of the same collective agreement may be formed for the purpose of making available to their members employees who are bound to these groups by a contract of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-7

…L. 211-1 and inarticle L. 211-4. However, it does not apply to the following operations unless they form part of a tourist package as defined in II ofarticle L. 211-2 : 1° The reservation and sale of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-9

The pre-contractual information communicated to the traveller forms an integral part of the contract and may not be modified, unless the contracting parties expressly agree otherwise. The organiser or…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions applicable to other tourist offices.

Article R133-19-1

Notwithstanding the last paragraph of article R. 133-19, when the Tourist Office is set up in the form of a local public company whose articles of association require each director of the company to r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Cost control of contracts awarded by the State and its public establishments

Article L2196-7

…y decree, after prior consultation with the groups representing the manufacturers concerned: 1° The form in which the technical and accounting information mentioned inarticle L. 2196-5 and in the seco…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-13-1

…pean Company (SE), the transfer of the registered office of a credit institution constituted in the form of a European Company registered in France, which would result in a change in the applicable la…

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