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Showing 24412450 of 8013 articles for Art. Loi 2022-172 – 14 Feb. 2022

French General Tax CodeIn force
5°: Tax credit for the purchase of a company's capital

Article 220 nonies

…the purpose of repurchasing all or part of the capital of a company, carried out until 31 December 2022 under the conditions mentioned in II, may benefit from a tax credit.For each financial year, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-10

…the contract, in breach of the provisions of articles L. 3123-21 and L. 3123-29 or of II of article 14 of law no. 2000-37 of 19 January 2000 relating to the negotiated reduction of working hours, is p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to investment services providers, financial investment advisers, providers of participative financing services and participative investment intermediaries

Article L774-49

…aw no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 573-2 Order no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 573-2-1 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 573-3 to L. 573-6 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 573-7 law no.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZI

…tuted, for online circle games organised and operated under the conditions laid down by the article 14 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection and environment

Article R1523-2

…19, R. 1333-20, R. 1333-21, R. 1333-35, R. 1333-87, R. 1333-106, R. 1333-138, R. 1333-139, R. 1333-145, R. 1333-169 and R. 1333-173, references to the Labour Code arereplaced by references toArticle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Professional capacity and training (R).

Article R2223-41

…de. When it concerns local authority civil servants, it is provided under the conditions set by the loi n° 84-594 du 12 juillet 1984 relative à la formation des agents de la fonction publique territor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-20

…gement and determine the powers of the managers under the conditions provided by l'article 11 de la loi du 29 novembre 1966.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L172-3

Any change during the term of the contract, either to what was agreed when the contract was taken out, or to the insured object, which results in a significant increase in the risk, shall result in ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-66

The staff of this establishment are governed by the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement in a Member State of the European Union of financial penalties imposed by the French authorities

Article D48-15

Notwithstanding the provisions of the second paragraph of Article D. 48-14, the public prosecutor may not resume enforcement of the pecuniary penalty if the non-recognition of the penalty is based on…

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