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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…and in articles : 1° L. 1233-8, for collective redundancies of less than ten employees ; 2° L. 1233-29, first paragraph, for redundancies involving at least ten employees in a company with less than f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…the Forestry Code and the contribution provided for in V of Article 47 of Finance Act 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 for 2014, are paid by the chambers of agriculture mentioned in the third paragraph…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory powers.

Article L5215-20-1

…d between the State and the region in application of chapter III of title I of the loi n° 82-653 du 29 juillet 1982 portant reform de la planification, in order to take account of the specific charact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct.

Article R341-16

…direct seller; e) The existence or absence of the right of withdrawal referred to in Article L. 121-29 of the French Consumer Code and, if this right exists, its duration and the terms and conditions…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
ANNEX TO BOOK VII

Article

VII-1. Exempt framework scheme No SA. 46706 on aid for international co-development and international co-production of cinematographic or audiovisual works, adopted on the basis of Commission Regulati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article L612-20

…bution. Persons exempt from the authorisation provided for in Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-1-1 and L. 329-1 of the Insurance Code, Articles L. 931-4 and L. 931-4-1 of the Social Security Code and Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-38

I. - The collège de résolution shall draw up individual preventive resolution plans for persons required to draw up an individual preventive recovery plan pursuant to the provisions of sub-section 2 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5-3

…ving rise to prior approval by the Autorité des marchés financiers pursuant to EU Regulation 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017, the fee payable, set by decree, is greater than €2,000 and less than or equal to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209-0 B

…rcised at the latest in respect of a financial year ended or a tax period closed before 1st January 2005. For companies that were eligible before 1 January 2007 and have not opted in, the option provi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A bis

…blic establishment for inter-municipal cooperation prior to the merger are deleted.2. By 15 October 2005, communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation must have complied with the l…

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