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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-81

At the employee's request, the period of absence is deducted from the period of paid annual leave up to the limit of the entitlement acquired in this respect on the date of the first ballot. If they a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reinsurance.

Article R322-81

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 322-96 and R. 322-120,1°, mutual insurance companies may accept reinsurance risks if their articles of association authorise them to do so.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 311-81

For works belonging to the creative documentary genre, where the hourly cash contribution from the television service publisher(s) meeting the condition laid down in 1° of Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-81

The amount of aid is equal to the amount of the initial contribution from the publisher(s), but may not be less than €10,000 or more than €30,000, subject to the application of the provisions of Artic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CALCULATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND EXPLOITATION OF CINEMATOGRAPHIC WORKS

Article 810-1

The rates or coefficients used to calculate the investment allowances referred to in articles 211-26, 211-28, 211-29, 222-4, 232-6 and 232-7, as well as the rates used to calculate and the ceilings fo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-81

For the application of this sub-section :1° The market share of a cinema is defined as the ratio between the average sales achieved by this cinema over a given period defined in 3° and the sum of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 15: General provisions.

Article L511-81

Legal or conventional time limits do not include the day from which they begin to run. No legal or judicial day of grace is allowed except in the cases provided for by articles L. 511-38 and L. 511-50…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 810 bis

Where contributions made in connection with the formation of a company are registered free of charge in accordance with Article 810, the provisions contained in the deeds and declarations, as well as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Conditions for application of the special regime for mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article 817 A

A Conseil d'Etat decree (1) sets the conditions for application of article 816, of II of article 816 A and Article 817, in particular the definition of partial contributions of assets, mergers or tran…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Conditions for application of the special regime for mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article 817 B

The provisions of Article 816 also applies to transactions authorised under the conditions set out in 3 of article 210 B.

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