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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Joint ownership of estates in Corsica. Temporary regime

Article 1135

Provided they are drawn up between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, notarised powers of attorney and attestations after death are exempt from any collection for the benefit of the Treasury when th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims.

Article R313-25-1

The issue by finance companies of the securities referred to in Articles L. 313-30 and L. 313-31 or the promissory notes referred to in Article L. 313-42 meets one or other of the following two condit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-6

For decisions to grant aid for the production of genre films that lapse between 1 August 2020 and 31 August 2021, the period referred to in Article 211-129 is extended by one year.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Social action and health (R).

Article R1614-32

The model of the standardised documents referred to in articles R. 1614-29, R. 1614-30 and R. 1614-31 is set by joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Social Affairs and Hea…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-4

…the physical workforce of all employees, including medical staff, employed in the establishment at 31 December of the last calendar year.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Development fund for the professional integration of disabled people

Article R5214-21

…ster for Employment, for approval, the draft distribution of contributions for the current year, by 31 March each year at the latest. It shall also send him the report on the use of contributions for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R4152-2

Independently of the provisions relating to breastfeeding set out in articles L. 1225-31 and R. 4152-13 et seq, pregnant or breastfeeding women must be able to rest in a lying position, under appropri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-65

The provisions of 3° to 9° and 11° of article L. 214-24-31 and article L. 214-24-47 apply under the same conditions to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14°: Sailors and fishermen from the municipality of Fort-Mardyck

Article 1047

All deeds drawn up pursuant to Act no. 62-883 of 31 July 1962, abolishing the privilege of sailors and fishermen in the municipality of Fort-Mardyck, are exempt from registration duties and land regis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-5

SITUATION at 31 December N Total amount expressed in millions of euros (€M) SITUATION at 31 December N expressed in number of contracts concerned GLOBAL AMOUNT paid to beneficiaries or transferred to…

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