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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Legal proceedings.

Article L5213-21

…whose main purpose is to defend the interests of the beneficiaries of this chapter may bring a civil action based on non-compliance with the provisions of articles L. 5213-7 and L. 5213-9 to L. 5213-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-21

The penalties mentioned in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258 C

I. - The place of an intra-Community acquisition of tangible movable property is deemed to be in France if the goods are in France at the time of arrival of the shipment or transport to the purchaser.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: The national information system common to the regional joint cross-industry committees

Article R6323-21-9

The joint national information system of the cross-industry joint committees enables the data referred to in II of article R. 6323-34 that it holds to be transmitted to the information system for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-21

The negotiations provided for in Article L. 2242-20 may also cover :1° The matters referred to in articles L. 1233-21 and L. 1233-22 in accordance with the procedures laid down in these same articles;…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 C

The following are exempt from value added tax:1° Banking and financial transactions:a.The granting and negotiation of loans, the management of loans carried out by the person who granted them, securit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256 C

I.-Taxable persons who have in France the seat of their economic activity or a permanent establishment or, failing that, their domicile or habitual residence, with the exception of permanent establish…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 C

With the exception of the levy mentioned in XIX of article 1647 made for the benefit of the State, the product of the tax on electricity production installations using mechanical wind energy at sea me…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 73 C

The provisions of Article 42 septies are applicable to the start-up grant for young farmers provided for in articles D. 343-9 to D. 343-12 of the rural and maritime fishing code when it is allocated t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Effects of winding-up proceedings of companies whose registered office is located within the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France.

Article L326-21

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 326-20, the effects of a reorganisation measure defined in article L. 323-8 or of winding-up proceedings on the contracts and rights listed below are deter…

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