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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Tax payable by the employer of a foreign worker or of an employee temporarily seconded by a company not established in France

Article L436-11

The tax is declared, liquidated and paid by the taxpayer on dates determined by order of the minister responsible for the budget. The frequency of declarations and payments is at most monthly and at l…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Tax payable by the employer of a foreign worker or of an employee temporarily seconded by a company not established in France

Article L436-10

…ax is levied on the first admission to reside in France, for the purpose of carrying out a salaried professional activity subject to the condition provided for in 2° of article L. 5221-2 of the Labour…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-33

The Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Infrastructure shall jointly draw up a list of roads that are permanently, periodically or temporarily off-limits to all concentrations or events or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-30

…epresentative with an insurance policy taken out with one or more companies approved in France, in another Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Agreement on the Euro…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-31

The organiser is liable to the State and local authorities for fees representing the cost of setting up the special security service required to ensure the safety of spectators and traffic during the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-32

The organiser is obliged to restore the roads open to public traffic and their appurtenances to their original state, for which he has obtained private use on the occasion of the concentration or even…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to events subject to declaration or authorisation.

Article R331-34

The distribution or sale of printed matter or objects at a concentration or event may only take place under the conditions and in the places determined by the competent administrative authorities with…

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

Article R334-17

…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 Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-19

The minimum required solvency margin for undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 and authorised to operate simultaneously in at least two or more classes mentioned either in 1 and 2 or in 20 to…

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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 L2333-86

The fees referred to in article L. 2333-84 are subject to the five-year statute of limitations which begins to run from the date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by…

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