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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Equalization

Article R6123-33

France Compétences allocates the additional funds mentioned in Article R. 6123-31 to the skills operators in accordance with activity forecasts showing a shortfall in coverage. The activity forecasts…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-16

…etermined by the insurance or reinsurance undertaking in accordance with the provisions in force at 31 December 2015; and2° The effective annual rate, calculated as the single discount rate which, if…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLVII: Tax credit for credit institutions and finance companies that grant zero-rate loans for first-time home ownership

Article 244 quater V

…ay benefit from a tax credit in respect of the non-interest-bearing loans referred to in Article L. 31-10-1 of the Construction and Housing Code. The conditions for granting and the terms and conditio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-7

…nces of wilful and involuntary bodily harm and sexual assault provided for in articles 222-9 to 222-31-2 of the Penal Code when they are punishable by a prison sentence of more than five years, the pu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4113-5

…sions governed by this book.This provision does not apply to telemedicine as defined in article L. 6316-1 or to cooperation between healthcare professionals as provided for in articles L. 4011-1 to L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-17

…les articles L. 2511-26, L. 2511-28 to L. 2511-33 of this code and Article 36 of Law no. 82-1169 of 31 December 1982 relating to the administrative organisation of Paris, Marseille, Lyon and the publi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-20

…the royalties shall be set by the judicial authority, determined in accordance with Article L. 623-31.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-30

…oned in 1 to 17 of article R. 321-1, and whose total annual written premiums or contributions as at 31 July 1978, including incidentals and after deduction of cancellations, do not reach six times the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-36

…to proceed with the sale of the goods committed under the conditions determined in article L. 522-31. The protest provided for in the said article shall give a copy of the particulars as they appear…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1394 B bis

…fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt from property tax on non-built properties levied for the benefit of muni…

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