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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy

Article R6523-2-16

The provisions of articles R. 6523-2-10 to R. 6523-2-14 are applicable, under article L. 6523-1-3, to this sub-section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-20-5

…2 domiciled, registered or established in the State or territory mentioned in 3° of Article L. 561-10 or otherwise take account of the fact that the person concerned is from a State or territory that…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Application of international agreements and European Union law

Article R614-12

The provisions of Article R. 614-11 are applicable to the production of the revised translation of the claims provided for in the second paragraph of Article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.

Article R143-22

For the application of articles L. 143-2, L. 143-6, L. 143-10 and L. 143-13, the domicile declared is the domicile elected by the creditors in their entries.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

…and 30 June 2023 and is preceded by a financing agreement accepted by the lessee as of 28 September 2020, and no later than 31 December 2022, and which are allocated by the lessee to its commercial, i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-14-1

…of the General Tax Code. By way of derogation from the preceding provisions, communes with at least 10,000 inhabitants whose financial potential is 15% less than the average financial potential per in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-11

…the words "seeking employment or setting up a business" is issued pursuant to 1° of article L. 422-10, its holder is authorised, during the period of validity of this permit, to seek and hold a job r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-6

…he judicial representative remains subject to the provisions of articles L. 812-8, L. 812-9, L. 812-10, L. 814-1-1 and L. 814-5. The person mentioned in III of article L. 812-2 remains subject to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-5

…d for transfer of authorisations to open, as provided for in Articles R. 5124-6, R. 5124-7, R. 5124-10, R. 5124-10-1, R. 5124-10-2, R. 5124-13 and R. 5124-14 , as well as the content of the file attac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1656

…uinquies and articles 1530 bis and 1636 B octies, the reference to the departmental rate applied in 2020 is replaced by the reference to the rate applied in 2014 for the benefit of the Rhône departmen…

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