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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R224-2

…plan is covered by article L. 224-9, of the company ; 2° The value of the rights being built up at 31 December of the previous year, as well as changes in this value since the plan was opened and dur…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial organisation (R).

Article R1611-11

…ting officer under the conditions laid down in the instrument setting up the agency or agencies. On 31 December, the accounting officer shall record the expiry date of the personal support vouchers th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)

Article R814-158

…inancières de professions libérales constituées, en application du titre IV de la loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérales soumises à u…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-7-1

…k of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AH

…ended for use in industrial automation applications, acquired or created between 1 October 2013 and 31 December 2016, may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Professional activity

Article L414-11

…temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT mobile trainee" provided for in article L. 421-31; 3° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "private and family life" provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1

…of the previous calendar year. This report is sent to the State representative in the region before 31 May of the following year and, at their request, to the aforementioned local authorities. The inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-3

…71 ; 4° Communication to staff representatives of the information provided for in Articles L. 1233-31 to L. 1233-33; 5° Consultation rules applicable in the event of receivership or compulsory liquid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: End of the research period

Article L1233-57-21

…eting provided for in I of Article L. 1233-30 and after the entry into force of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for printed banknotes

Article D212-76

…oupons, classified by screening, or the counterfoils of the booklets are kept by the operator until 31 December of the year following the year in which they were used. These documents are kept at the…

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