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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-31

…lling into trenches more than 1.30 metres deep, the trenches must be surrounded by plinths at least 15 centimetres high or have a shoring system with components at least 15 centimetres above ground le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1668

…rest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.Payments must be made no later than 15 March, 15 June, 15 September and 15 December of each year.The organisations mentioned in the firs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L613-34

…supervision falls within its direct competence pursuant to Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013.For the application of the provisions of this section, the powers entrusted to the r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R263

For the application of articles R. 15-37 to R. 15-40 at the Court of First Instance of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the powers vested in the general assembly of judges and prosecutors are exercised…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1465

In regional aid areas and for operations carried out from 1 January 2007 until 31 December 2023, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Economic and social measures

Article L2542-28

…ne 1895 on municipal organisation in Alsace-Lorraine may derogate from the provisions of article L. 1522-1 concerning the majority shareholding of local and regional authorities and the public limited…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 44

Articles 21 and 22 of this annex are applicable to Title V of the law of 1 June 1924 implementing French civil legislation in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, and relating to forced…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-32

For the purposes of the first paragraph of Article L. 22-10-52, the price shall be at least equal to the weighted average of the prices on the last three trading days prior to the start of the public…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Public-interest mission and marketing of structured deposits

Article L773-7

…lumn of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-104 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-105Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Public-interest mission and marketing of structured deposits

Article L774-7

…lumn of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-104 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-105Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016

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