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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment of social security contributions

Article 122-14

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée also ensures that the beneficiaries of financial aid comply with their obligations to the bodies collecting social security contributions by means of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 161

…the cancelled company rights exceeds the acquisition price of these rights in the case where the latter is greater than the amount of the contribution. Where the rights have been received, as from 1 J…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 156

…ased on the total amount of annual net income available to each tax household. This net income is determined having regard to the property and capital owned by the members of the tax household designa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-15-1

The period referred to in the second paragraph of II of Article L. 2224-8 is set by the service regulations provided for in Article L. 2224-12. This period may not exceed six weeks from the date on wh…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1

Article L223-1

Bons de caisse are non-negotiable registered securities with an undertaking by a trader to pay on a specific date, issued in return for a loan. The conditions under which they are issued and offered f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Cash vouchers.

Article D223-1

The certificate of entry in the register issued to the owner of a till voucher includes the following information:1° Information relating to the issuer of the cash voucher:a) Identity or company name…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-4-1

Where the contract for the sale of goods or the contract for the supply of digital content or digital services does not provide for the payment of a price, the trader shall specify the nature of the b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-3-1

For the application of article L. 2111-2, the departmental services in charge of maternal and child protection may, in the event of a presumption that the childminder is taking in more children than a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2-1

Doctors in maternal and child protection services work with health centres and health centres to implement the pathway referred to in 7° of article L. 6323-1-1 and in the last paragraph of article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-1-3

…ix months of the National Council establishing that the office has become vacant. In this case, the term of office of the member thus elected shall be that which remained until the date on which the t…

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