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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article L327-11

I.-In order to carry out the duties set out in Article L. 327-1, the legal representatives of collective management undertakings, independent management undertakings, their subsidiaries and the undert…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Penalty procedure

Article L327-13

…upervisory board will carry out an investigation and draw up a report on the basis of which it may give formal notice to the management organisation to comply with the provisions of this Title, within…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 Q

…313-35 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of IV of Article 220 octies cannot be granted when all the legal, tax and social obligations are not me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-7

I. - The balance sheet value of all securities issued, receivables other than those referred to in article R. 385-11, loans obtained or guaranteed and deposits placed with the same body may not exceed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-21

…le and immovable property as well as any distribution proceedings that have not produced an attributive effect prior to the opening judgment. III.-The time limits imposed on pain of forfeiture or canc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L811-7

…rouping or a European economic interest grouping or partners in a holding company governed by Title IV of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in company form of liberal profes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Aa: Correction applied to allowances when the departmental share of property tax on built-up properties is transferred to the communes

Article 1518 quater

…uater is equal to the ratio between: 1° On the one hand, the sum of the products, calculated respectively for the municipality and the department, of the abatement rate by the tax rate applied in 2020…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 M

…ation taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, exempt establishments whose main activity is the retail sale of phonograms from business property tax. II. - To benefit from the exempti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663

…es mentioned in 3° nonies of Article 208 in respect of the taxation of capital gains referred to in IV of Article 219 is payable on 15 December of the year of option for a quarter of its amount, with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Rehabilitation, re-education and vocational training.

Article L5213-3-1

…the re-education period, the duration of the secondment is deducted in full from the trial period. IV - A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will define the terms and conditions for the application of this…

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