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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-3

…rred to in Article L. 334-1 is made up, after deduction of losses, the portion of acquisition costs not recognised as a representation of regulated commitments and other intangible items, of the follo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1671 A

…se deductions.The deduction at source is neither made nor paid to the Treasury when its amount does not exceed €8 per month for the same employee, pensioner, creditirentier or beneficiary of the payme…

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

Article L2333-15

…allocated to the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation with its own tax status or the metropolis of Lyon cited in article L. 2333-6. The communes, public establishments for…

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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 L2333-1

A fee is payable by users of public slaughterhouses. It is instituted by deliberation of the deliberative assembly of the local authority or group of local authorities owning the slaughterhouse.In the…

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

Article L2333-16

…where applicable, at the same road taxes, until the contract or agreement expires;- other media are not taxed, until the contract or agreement expires.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article L2333-87

…ions of the mobility plan, if one exists. If the public domain concerned falls within the remit of another local authority, the latter's opinion is required. If it has not given its opinion within one…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Working hours, rest periods and holidays

Article R1262-6

The specific provisions relating to working hours and rest periods contained in Chapters III and IV of Title I of Book VII of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are applicable to employees seconded t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Secondment of more than twelve months

Article R1262-18-1

For the application of the last paragraph of II of article L. 1262-4, the employer shall complete, for each seconded employee concerned, the secondment declaration provided for in I of article L. 1262…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Working hours, rest periods and holidays

Article R1262-4

When the period of secondment in France exceeds one month, the provisions relating to unemployment on public holidays, set out in article L. 3133-3, are applicable to seconded employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Failure to comply with the obligation

Article D8254-9

As soon as the fifteen-day period has expired and he has the documents mentioned in the second and third paragraphs of Article D. 8254-11, the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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