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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 299 bis

I.-For the purposes of this chapter: 1° France means the national territory, with the exception of the local authorities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution, New Caledonia, the French Southern…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Procedural provisions and respect for the rights of policyholders and creditors

Article L311-51

…ct of a transfer provided for in 3° or 4° of Article L. 311-30, Article L. 311-35 or Article L. 311-41 and the acquirer to exchange information or provide assistance to each other for the purposes of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3121-44

Pursuant to Article L. 3121-41, a company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may define the terms and conditions of the organisation of working time and orga…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-31

Expenditure by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service includes in particular:1° Expenditure on the organisation and running of the service;2° Repayment of loans and costs ancillary to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-2

…ely consulted by any person who so requests. Before the last working day of the month of June, a poster shall be put up in a room open to the public in the judicial court in order to indicate the prac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

The term of the lease may not be less than nine years.However, the lessee has the option of giving notice of termination at the end of a three-year period, at least six months in advance, by registere…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-21

…Article L. 561-2, only between those mentioned in 1° to 7° or between those mentioned in 1° bis, 1° ter and 1° quater that mainly provide the service mentioned in 6° of II of Article L. 314-1, or betw…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to reinstatement in employment or office.

Article L2422-1

When the competent Minister annuls, on a hierarchical appeal, the decision of the Labour Inspector authorising the dismissal of an employee holding one of the mandates listed below, or when the admini…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 298 quater

…for sales made from 1 January 2014:1° At 5.59% for milk, farmyard animals, eggs, animals for slaughter and charcuterie defined by decree, as well as cereals, oilseeds and protein crops mentioned in A…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 H

…second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt from 80% of the property tax on unbuilt properties…

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