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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis B

…ommes versées pour l'acquisition des biens non visés à l'article 1er, premier alinéa, de ladite loi mais se rattachant directement à l'exploitation de l'entreprise de presse, sont exemptes de tous imp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-30

…ad of the covid-19 epidemic and the measures taken to limit this spread, and decree no. 2021-310 of 24 March 2021 instituting aid to compensate for the fixed costs not covered by companies whose busin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Access by employers' groups to public aid for employment and vocational training for member companies

Article D1253-50

The aid referred to in article L. 1253-24 that may be granted to the employers' group in respect of the companies that are members of the employers' group is direct financial aid and reductions and ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-10

…then informs the parties to the proceedings, as defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 1142-24-2, at least fifteen days before the date of the examination, of the identity and qualifications o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L121-4

…as well as the signing of a contract of republican commitment mentioned inarticle 10-1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations. The rep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article L613-46-1

…asis of Article 31 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 ; 2° Refer the matter to the European Banking Authority on the basis of Article 19…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R50-36

…ise to registration: a) Nature and date of the decision; b) Court that handed down the decision; c) Main or additional penalties or measures handed down; d) Nature of the offence or offences for which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-5

…I of this article, as well as: 1° Those of articles L. 645-4, L. 812-2, L. 814-5, L. 814-10, R. 814-24 and R. 814-38, if the mandataire judiciaire is a person chosen on the basis of the first paragrap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure applicable to the interoperability of technological measures

Article R331-38

…icle R. 331-36.The authority shall rule at the end of the procedure provided for in articles R. 331-24 to R. 331-31 and R. 331-35.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The company pension savings plan

Article D224-12-1

For the application of article L. 224-24, a compulsory inter-company retirement savings plan may be set up by several companies for the benefit of all their employees or one or more categories of empl…

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