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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Exercise of freedom of establishment and breach of obligations in connection with that exercise

Article L515-4

I.- When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution finds that an insurance or reinsurance intermediary or an insurance intermediary acting on an ancillary basis is in breach of the provisio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial authorisation.

Article L752-1

Commercial authorisation is required for projects involving:1° The creation of a retail shop with a sales area of more than 1,000 square metres, resulting either from a new construction or from the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R930-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following chapters, the following provisions of the Code are applicable in New Caledonia:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles R. 121-3, R. 121-4, R.…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-8

I.-The Board of Directors deliberates on : 1° Setting a maximum level of funding eligible for the inter-branch equalisation referred to in 1° of Article L. 6123-5 ; 2° The monitoring and evaluation of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tables of branches and member companies of skills operators

Article D6123-37

I.-Information relating to companies is communicated to France compétences by the bodies responsible for collecting the contribution relating to vocational training, and to skills operators by France…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

…uction provided for in I is that paid in respect of loans taken out from the publication of the loi n° 2003-721 du 1er août 2003 pour l'initiative économique. The annual limit is €20,000 for single, w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 284

…ons cease to be met following the sale to their occupants, under the conditions provided for by loi n° 84-595 du 12 juillet 1984 defining lease-to-own property, of housing mentioned in 1° of III of ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-2

…net de la taxe sur la valeur ajoutée perçue en application des A à C du IV de l'article 8 de la loi n° 2020-1721 du 29 décembre 2020 de finances pour 2021.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 undecies A

…ands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, between the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003 de programme pour l'outre-mer and 31 December 2017 for the investment…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

For cinematographic works in the animation genre, points are divided into six groups as follows: I.-Production company and authors" group A maximum of 35 points are allocated to the "Production compan…

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