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Showing 62516260 of 8984 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · AFNOR NF K 12-500

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Income tax deducted at source

Article 182 A ter

…e same persons in the form of the allocation of securities on preferential terms, in particular stock options or the allocation of free shares which do not meet the conditions laid down respectively i…

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

Article 302 bis ZG

…communes on whose territory one or more racecourses are open to the public, in proportion to the stakes of the horse races actually organised by the said racecourses, for 75% of the amount allocated a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

…uspended sentence of at least six months for : a) One of the offences provided for in Title I of Book III of the Criminal Code and for offences provided for by special laws and punishable by the penal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Information mentioned in the contract

Article L312-28

…m. It constitutes a document distinct from any advertising medium or document, as well as from the information sheet referred to in Article L. 312-12. A box at the beginning of the agreement informs t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Charges or reductions for the use of a given payment instrument

Article L112-13

…ty involved in the transaction applies charges for the use of a given payment instrument, it shall inform the payment service user thereof before initiating the payment transaction. The payer is only…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment, transfer and dismissal.

Article L1225-1

An employer may not take a woman's state of pregnancy into consideration in refusing to take her on, in terminating her employment contract during a trial period or, subject to a temporary assignment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article R*421-64

For the application of Articles L. 421-11 and L. 421-12, the guarantee fund reimburses the French central bureau for the sums paid by this body in connection with the compensation of accident victims…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-24

…al Security Code and Article L. 382-1 of the Social Security Code are deemed to be self-employed workers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-59

The sponsor shall inform the competent authority and the Committee for the Protection of Individuals without delay of the new facts defined in 12° of Article R. 1123-46 and, where appropriate, of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article R742-7

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 213-15n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007R. 213-16n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 213-16-1n° 2017-1165 of 12 July…

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