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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 79

…e overall income used as a basis for income tax.The same applies to retirement benefits paid in the form of a lump sum.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14

The regularity of the local referendum may be challenged under the conditions, in the forms and within the time limits prescribed for complaints against the election of members of the deliberative ass…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 569

If of two things united to form a single whole, one cannot be regarded as the accessory of the other, that one is deemed to be principal which is the more considerable in value, or in volume, if the v…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-11

…d to the sports agents' commission. The regulations governing sports agents set out the procedures, form and content of this application, as well as the documents that must accompany it.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 341

Where an entry of forgery has not been made within the time limit and in accordance with the forms set out in article 339 above, the case shall be investigated and judged without regard to this.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-94

The provisions of articles L. 312-27, L. 312-92 and L. 312-93 apply to credit granted in the form of an overrun referred to in 11° of Article L. 311-1.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Easements deriving from the location of premises

Article 643

If, on leaving the land where they arise, spring waters form a watercourse with the character of public and flowing waters, the owner may not divert them from their natural course to the prejudice of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1833

Any company must have a lawful object and be formed in the common interest of the partners.The company is managed in its corporate interest, taking into consideration the social and environmental issu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip.

Article L3243-1

…ever for one or more employers and regardless of the amount and nature of their remuneration or the form or validity of their contract.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Residence grants

Article 411-36

Selective financial aid is awarded jointly to writer-directors and creative residencies, in the form of a residency grant, for the rewriting of the script of a short film, when it is the writer-direct…

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