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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-24-1

Intermediary associations are entitled to financial assistance if they recruit the people referred to in article L. 5132-14-1 on open-ended contracts, up to the number of integration posts set by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligations of those involved in reactovigilance.

Article R5222-15

Local reactovigilance correspondents are responsible for : 1° Recording and analysing any reported incident or risk of incident likely to be due to an in vitro diagnostic medical device; 2° Declaring…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIa: Special rules for the assessment of direct local taxes

Article 1518 E

I. - For the properties mentioned in I of Article 1498: 1° Partial exemptions from direct local taxes are granted for the years 2017 to 2025 when the difference between the assessment established for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-3

The pledge is enforceable against third parties from the date of its entry mentioned in the register. This entry also includes a number assigned by the manager of the platform referred to in the first…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3a: Appeals to the Paris Court of Appeal against notifications made by the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-9

By way of derogation from the provisions of Title VI of Book II of the Code of Civil Procedure, the appeals provided for in Article L. 464-8-2 shall be lodged, investigated and judged in accordance wi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-15

The information mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 326-2 are as follows: 1° The articles of association and the general regulations; 2° The conditions of membership and the conditions of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.

Article R1511-15

The amount of rental aid may not exceed a percentage of the amount of rent corresponding to the market value of the rented property within the limit, depending on the zone in which the rented property…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative levy

Article R512-24-2

The provisions of article R. 512-9-1 apply to samples taken as part of the checks provided for in Article L. 511-14 for samples falling within the scope of Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 menti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional Cooperation Fund

Article R*4433-24

The regional cooperation funds established by article L. 4433-4-6 contribute to the integration of Guadeloupe, Reunion and Mayotte in their geographical environment. They contribute to economic, socia…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to the preservation of film heritage

Article 211-15

In return for the granting of aid for the production and preparation of long-term cinematographic works, production companies ensure the preservation of these works to enable them to be exploited on a…

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