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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1663 B

1. After deducting tax reductions and credits, levies, deductions at source and instalments, the balance of the income tax and other taxes appearing on the same roll item is recovered under the condit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1663 bis

When the taxpayer taxed under the conditions of 1 of article 202 becomes, within a period of three months from the date of cessation of activity, a partner in a liberal practice company mentioned in A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1663 C

1. The advance payment calculated by the tax authorities under the conditions set out in Article 204 E is paid in twelfths no later than the 15th of each month of the year, in accordance with the proc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1665 ter

I.-The amount of the specific aid mentioned in 5° of II of article L. 133-5-12 of the Social Security Code, constituting an advance payment of the tax credit provided for in article 199 sexdecies of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of paid work placements by the State or the region.

Article L6341-1

The State, the regions, the employers and the skills operators contribute to the financing of the remuneration of vocational training trainees. The institution mentioned in article L. 5312-1 also cont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting requirements applicable to all traders

Article R123-180

The classification of balance sheet and income statement items and the list of information contained in the notes to the financial statements may be adapted by business sector by a regulation of the A…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.

Article R210-10

The names of the first managers, directors, members of the supervisory board and statutory auditors mentioned in the articles of association may be omitted from the updated articles of association fil…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Formation of the company and amendment of its articles.

Article R210-11

In the event of a transfer of the registered office outside the jurisdiction of the court at whose registry the company was registered, the notice, published in a medium authorised to receive legal an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Control

Article D4153-13

For the application of the provisions of this chapter, the employer shall, at the request of the Labour Inspectorate, provide proof of the date of birth of each worker under the age of eighteen whom h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-1

I.-In order to work as an employee in France, the following persons must hold a work permit if they are employed in accordance with the provisions of this code: 1° Foreign nationals who are not nation…

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