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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers' College

Article R1441-9

I.-For the industry, trade and commercial services, agriculture and miscellaneous activities sections, the following are taken into account per section, according to the distribution table defined in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5215-16

The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book I of Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicabl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 septies A

…he receives;b) The subscription price or the original acquisition price of the corresponding right.II. - Constitutes a redemption premium:1. For the negotiable loans referred to in Article 118 and in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 10: Banking, financial and insurance contracts

Article L224-100

…tion by credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and the bodies mentioned in Article L. 518-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code with respect to thei…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the establishment of a relay facility

Article R311-16

Where the assets and liabilities of several persons subject to resolution proceedings have been transferred to the same bridge institution, the winding-up proceedings referred to in Chapter VI of Titl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-8

The author alone has the right to compile his articles and speeches into a collection and to publish them or to authorise their publication in that form. For all works published in a press title withi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Simplified system

Article 74 A

…sult determined in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 74; 2° A table of fixed assets and depreciation. These holdings are required to produce a simplified balance sheet in support of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific rules relating to third-country entities

Article D532-37

…cle L. 532-49, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall check that it is complete and, if so, shall proceed to examine it. The procedure set out in II, III and IV of Article R. 532-3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-8

…any laboratory approved or recognised in application of articles L. 202-1 to L. 202-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, any laboratory carrying out expert assessments in application of articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-4

…ctivity without complying with the limitations of the registration or authorisation provided for in III of Article R. 1333-139;6° Not being able to present the list of premises provided for in Article…

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