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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-38

Any agreement entered into directly or through an intermediary between the company and its managing director, one of its deputy managing directors, one of its directors, one of its shareholders holdin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-38

The use of the work in the press title, beyond the period provided for in Article L. 132-37, is remunerated, by way of additional remuneration in the form of royalties or salary, under conditions dete…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-38

…arthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, using a non-geographic, fixed, toll-free number. No additional cost other than that of the call. No additional cost other than that of the telepho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Default by the borrower

Article L312-38

No compensation or costs other than those mentioned in articles L. 312-39 and L. 312-40 may not be charged to the borrower in the event of default provided for in these articles. However, in the event…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis

…ent, the amount of the remuneration may not be less than the value of the income waived by the lender. The portion of the remuneration corresponding to this income is subject to the same tax treatment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 ter

When a leasing company leases a business, a craft business or one of their non-depreciable intangible elements or shares in commercial companies that are not negotiable on a regulated market under the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 quinquies

…ther services on this production and may be taken back identically or to the equivalent by the farmer. Warehoused agricultural production that is not repossessed remains recorded in the farmer's balan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 sexies

…ntribution of the shares thus allocated or until the date of cessation of activity if this is earlier. A decree specifies the reporting obligations necessary for the application of the first paragraph…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 septies

I.-Capital gains realised on exchanges of agricultural land, carried out as part of a rural land development scheme within the meaning of article L. 121-1 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-38

The training costs of volunteer firefighters constitute compulsory expenditure for the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or the departmental or territorial fire and resc…

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