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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article D421-17

An innovative company, within the meaning of articles L. 421-9 and L. 421-10, a company that meets one of the following criteria:1° The company is or has been a beneficiary over the last five years of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R531-18

…rovided for in article L. 531-20;2° The time limit provided for in article 9-4 of law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 relating to legal aid for applying for legal aid.Access to the sound recording referred…

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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 L2333-96

…nue. Neighbouring communes located less than 500 metres from the facility may not collect less than 10% of the proceeds of the tax.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specific insurance accounting policies and valuations

Article A343-2-2

For listed securities, the estimate provided for in Article R. 343-10 is made according to the same rules as those defined in article 121-6 of regulation no. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the Autorit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specific insurance accounting policies and valuations

Article A343-3-2

…2, 4 and 5). In such cases, these companies are required to transfer to the capitalisation reserve 10% of the excess resulting from the comparison between the amount of the sale price and the entry p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article A421-7

…lers and semi-trailers in the territory of the French Republic, referred to in II of Article L. 421-10, is called the "special reserve relating to the withdrawal of authorisation of motor insurance un…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article A421-11

…risks covered by compulsory insurance under Article L. 242-1, referred to in II of Article L. 421-10-1, is called the "special reserve relating to the withdrawal of authorisation of construction ins…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-24

…the portion defined by the agreement mentioned in article L. 5422-20 and which may not be less than 10% of the amount of the aforementioned resources, a global contribution paid to the "Operation and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Review procedure

Article R1124-15

…e committee assesses the request in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 1124-6 to R. 1124-10.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6462-11

…known. The provisions of this article do not apply to the contracts referred to in article LO 6462-10 than when the President of the Territorial Council has not received the delegation provided for i…

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