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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article R711-1

…commission on requests for an ex gratia remission or a waiver of payment that may be granted by the tax collection authorities are set out in articles R. * 247 A-1 and R. * 247-18 of the tax procedure…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L942-12

In VI of article L. 225-270, the words: "the provisions of Article 94 A of the General Tax Code" are replaced by the words: "the provisions of the Tax Code applicable in the territory relating to net…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article D3332-9-1

…ployee savings plans in which he participates may not exceed one quarter of his professional income taxed for income tax purposes for the previous year.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-2

…1-1, the following public offers are authorised: 1° The offer of financial securities or shares exclusively to a restricted circle of investors acting on their own behalf or to qualified investors. A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-3

…de Coopération Sanitaire de Moyennes is a legal entity governed by public law when it is formed exclusively by persons governed by public law, or by persons governed by public law and natural or legal…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Production advances

Article 311-67

The maximum amount of advances that may be granted to a production company during a financial year is determined on the basis of the sum entered, at the beginning of the current year, in the audiovisu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-10

…ct is managed by municipalities or public inter-municipal cooperation establishments with their own tax system. It may also contribute to the financing of investment projects for the upkeep and develo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-15-1

…11-1-1, the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status mentioned in the same article draw up a work programme in conjunction with the public and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registered persons

Article A123-84

…e covered by at least one of the provisions set out below: 1° Legal entities liable for corporation tax or which fall within the scope of articles 238 ter, 239 ter, 239 quater, 239 quater A, 239 quinq…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-3

…e is also misleading if, taking into account the specific limitations of the means of communication used and the surrounding circumstances, it omits, conceals or provides in an unintelligible, ambiguo…

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