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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguarding, receivership and compulsory liquidation

Article L513-19

…édit foncier, in accordance with Articles L. 612-34 and L. 613-24, the provisions of Article L. 613-25 shall apply.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies E

I.-Establishments providing driving and road safety tuition for hire or reward that are approved pursuant to article L. 213-1 of the Highway Code and associations operating in the field of social or p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-5

…of direct public aid above the ceiling provided for in III of Article 10 of Decree no. 2018-514 of 25 June 2018 relating to State subsidies for investment projects.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 199 unvicies

…from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capital increases of companies defined in Article 238 bis HE.The ben…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Delegated driving vehicle

Article L224-68-1

Prior to the conclusion of a contract of sale or hire of a vehicle with driver delegation as defined by the Highway Code, the trader shall provide the consumer with information relating to the conditi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3141-23

…ractioning of leave beyond the twelfth day is carried out under the following conditions: a) Days remaining due in application of the second paragraph of article L. 3141-19 may be granted in one or mo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 821-2

Grants are awarded to operators of cinemas eligible for financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas who meet the following conditions: 1° Be registered on the "pass Culture Pro" digita…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-10-1

…uping referred to in Article L. 6113-10 is subject to the provisions of Chapter II of Law No. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law, subject to the following provisio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L784-7

I.-The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Intermediary parent companies

Article R517-9

For the purposes of determining the threshold of 40 billion euros set out in Article L. 517-11, the total value of the assets in the European Union of a group whose parent undertaking is established i…

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