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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations concerned

Article L722-4

…ed in Chapter I of Title I of Book II, as well as to a cash account specifically associated with it;4° Transfers of funds using means of payment that are accepted, for the acquisition of goods or serv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-4

…public authorities is not counted towards the quorum, under the conditions set out in articles 1 to 4 of decree no. 2014-90 of 31 January 2014 implementing article 2 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160-4

I.-The register of purchases and sales provided for in article L. 225-211 to report transactions carried out pursuant to II of article L. 228-12 and of the I of article L. 228-12-1 is held under the t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…2023 and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of Article 34 are exempt from income tax or corporation tax on profits made, with the exception of capital gains…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-4

I. - For their application in New Caledonia, Articles L. 717-1, L. 717-4 and Article L. 717-7 of this Code shall read as follows:"Art. L. 717-1. :I. - The use in the course of trade by a third party,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4

…3° Maternity protection, maternity and paternity leave, childcare leave, leave for family events; 4° Conditions of secondment and guarantees owed to employees by temporary employment agencies; 5° Ex…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-4

…f length and production costs: 1° Audiovisual works belonging to the fiction genre must be at least 45 minutes long and have a production cost of at least 5,000 euros per minute produced. However, in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-4

…elected for four years and may be represented by their alternate, elected under the same conditions;4° A Paris councillor appointed by the Paris City Council;5° Nine appointed members:a) Two sports fe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R2333-48

…of the second paragraph of article L. 2333-38 in respect of the tourist tax and of article L. 2333-46 in the case of flat-rate tourist tax, the notice of compulsory taxation must include the followin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-47

…down in this Title; 3° Where the obligations imposed pursuant to articles R. 5121-36-1 and R. 5121-43 are not fulfilled; 4° When the authorisation must be brought into line with the decision taken by…

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