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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-10

…Council of 26 June 2013 and Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Nove…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies E

…of €50,000 for a single, widowed or divorced person and €100,000 for a married couple. The rate is 25%. Only one tax reduction can be claimed at a time, and it is spread over a maximum of six years.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…article L. 2123-20, contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 2123-25-2, contributions to pension schemes pursuant to articles L. 2123-27 and L. 2123-28, contributions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
SCHEDULE 5-3 (Annex to Article A. 526-6)

Article Annexe

…ich the waiver takes effect, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 526-25, the act of renunciation shall bear the following handwritten note by the sole trader: "I hereby…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Organisation of the departmental- metropolitan fire and rescue service

Article L1424-74

…wances of departmental councillors in article L. 3123-16, up to a limit of 50% for the chairman and 25% for each of the vice-chairmen.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-81

…ances of departmental councillors in article L. 3123-16, up to a limit of 50% for the president and 25% for each of the vice-presidents.The boards of directors of the fire and rescue services mentione…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3

…5 14 3 12 15 3 13 16 3 13,5 17 3 14 18 3 14,5 19 3 15 20 3 15,5 21 3 16 22 3 16,5 23 3 17 24 3 17,5 25 3 18 26 3 18,5 27 3 19 28 3 19,5 29 3 20 30 and over 3 20 In the event of redundancy in a company…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-31

…of French and European creation, particularly with regard to the criteria listed in article D. 331-25.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-2

…ned in Article L. 312-20 of this Code, Article L. 132-27-2 of the Insurance Code and Article L. 223-25-4 of the Mutual Code, comply with the rules set out in Article L. 518-15-1 of this Code. It may i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater

…f the same article 287 filed in respect of the month of September; 2° In other cases, no later than 25 October, when filing the appendix to the declaration provided for in the same 1 filed with the co…

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