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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-4

…ce with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010. If the undertaking persists in infringing the rules imposed on it, the Autorité de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-4

For the application of articles L. 3132-20, L. 3132-24, L. 3132-25, L. 3132-25-1 and L. 3132-25-6, only voluntary employees who have given their written agreement to their employer may work on Sundays…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-147-1

…markets in financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EC, i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-18

…and that devoted to the companies mentioned in third paragraph of article 29 of the law of 10 July 2000 regulating voluntary sales of furniture by public auction ;10° Of the total number of offices,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Remuneration paid to managers and members of certain companies

Article 62

Salaries, lump-sum reimbursements of expenses and all other remuneration are subject to income tax in the name of their beneficiaries if they are allowed as a deduction from profits subject to corpora…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…décembre 2019 L. 1611-4 la loi n° 96-142 du 21 février 1996 L. 1611-5 l'ordonnance n° 2005-406 du 2 mai 2005 L. 1611-9 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 II.-For the application of Article L. 1611-3-2,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-19

The Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° and 2° of article 175, ar…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article R412-2

Where the eviction relates to a place inhabited by the person being evicted or by any occupant in his or her own right, the judge who orders the eviction or who, before issuing the order to vacate the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-117

To be eligible for exceptional assistance, the foreign sales company must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 15 May 2022 at th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L2543-3

…The costs of local police, insofar as they are not paid by the State; 5° The costs of creating and maintaining communal cemeteries; 6° The costs of maintaining communal buildings assigned to a public…

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