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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2-2

The conditions under which the employers referred to in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 are required to transmit, by electronic means, the declaration referred to in I of article L. 1262-2-1 of this…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R331-6

A declaration is required for all sporting events which take place in whole or in part on a public road or a road open to public traffic, or on its ancillary roads, and which: 1° Either constitute eve…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R331-7

…The specific regulations for these events comply with these technical and safety rules, which may not be adapted on the basis of article L. 131-7.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Criminal provisions

Article R331-17-2

Organising a sporting event without the declaration required under article R. 331-6 is punishable by the penalties laid down for fifth-class offences. It is an offence punishable by the penalties laid…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Commissions and acquisition costs to be amortised.

Article R332-35

…343-1 and the amount of mathematical provisions that would be recorded if acquisition charges were not taken into account in policyholders' liabilities, as well as the calculation of deferred acquisi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special rules for supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article R332-63-1

Where, in the context of the transactions referred to in Article L. 143-1, the insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 use references to credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-13

…ng that in which the medium was created. Where the support is withdrawn during the year, the tax is not due for the months remaining after the support is withdrawn.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-14

The tax is payable, on the basis of a receipt drawn up on the basis of a declaration by the operator of the advertising medium, to the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-6

…section. Once the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status or the metropole of Lyon levies the tax on an advertising medium or a pre-sign, no road toll…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Illness and accident

Article R1262-2

…establishment which usually employs the employee as well as the references of its registration in a professional register or any other equivalent references; 2° The surname, first names, date and plac…

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