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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-1

…h ; c) Does not comply with the obligations relating to the CE marking laid down in Articles 16 and 17 of the same Regulation and, for category III personal protective equipment, does not comply with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…5137-1 to L. 5137-3 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for adapting to European Union law in the fields o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Equalisation of tax resources

Article R3335-2

…under the same Article L. 3335-2, Article L. 3335-3 and I of Article 261 of Finance Act No. 2018-1317 of 28 December 2018 for 2019 as they stood prior to the loi n° 2019-1479 du 28 décembre 2019 de f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

…of a microenterprise given in Article 2(3) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXX : Tax credit for certain investments made and operated in Corsica

Article 244 quater E

…xcept where the taxpayer qualifies for investment aid under Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee F…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…n of the third and fifth paragraphs of article L. 3334-11 as it stood prior to Finance Act no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 for 2006, indexed according to the rates of change in general government gr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…the provisions of articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 septies, as it read prior to Finance Act No. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 for 2022, 44 octies, as it read prior to the same Act, 44 octies A, 44…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R444-3

…icle L. 421-16 is deleted; 16° In article R. 421-14, the reference to article L. 421-16 is deleted; 17° In article R. 421-15, the references to articles L. 421-9, L. 421-10, L. 421-11 as well as to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

…ments relating to this scheme referred to in articles L. 526-7 to L. 526-11 and L. 526-14 to L. 526-17. A Conseil d'Etat decree specifies the information and documents that must be registered or filed…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27

…with the model contractual summary annexed to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2243 of 17 December 2019. Suppliers shall complete this template with the information mentioned above. They…

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