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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24-2

Students in the third cycle of medical, odontology and pharmacy studies who are presidents of local associations and unions affiliated to the trade union organisations mentioned in Article R. 6153-24-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 C

I. 1. The taxation of capital gains derived from the disposal of securities mentioned in I of article 150-0 A may, if the proceeds of the disposal are invested, before 31 December of the year followin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B quinquies

…ded for in article L. 221-32-5 of the Monetary and Financial Code, no tax is levied on this withdrawal.In the event of the sale for valuable consideration or redemption of securities that have been wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article R22-10-40

I.-The remuneration policy referred to in I of article L. 22-10-76 includes the following information, relating to the executive manager or managers as a whole: 1° The way in which it respects the com…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-112-2

I. - 1° The farm health report establishes the reference health status of the farm based on qualitative and quantitative criteria. It includes a list of diseases to which the farm has already been exp…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-197-1

…es may be allocated to employees or corporate officers each holding more than 10% of the share capital. Nor may a free allotment of shares result in employees and corporate officers each holding more…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

I. - Where a taxpayer carries on his professional activity within the framework of a company whose profits are, pursuant to the articles 8 and 8 ter, subject in his name to income tax in the category…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

1. The rates of the tax referred to in article 266 sexies are set as follows :A-0.-The authorisations mentioned in each of the rows of the tables in the second paragraph of a and b of A of this 1 and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-2

The performance, publishing and audiovisual production contracts defined in this Title must be evidenced in writing. The same applies to free performance authorisations. Contracts by which copyright i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-4

Where provisional enforcement by operation of law has been set aside in whole or in part, its reinstatement may be requested, in the event of an appeal, only from the first president or, as soon as he…

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