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French General Tax CodeIn force
3a: Withholding tax on salaries, remuneration, pensions, annuities, income and gains paid to persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 1671 A

…he person mentioned in IV of the said article. The deductions are remitted to the tax department together with a declaration in accordance with the model set by the administration, no later than the 1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-16

For the application of article L. 2335-17 : 1° The population, financial potential and demographic strata used for the distribution of the allocation are those calculated, for the same year, for the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Partial deductibility of the general social contribution

Article 154 quinquies

I. - For the determination of income tax bases, the contribution provided for in article L. 136-1 of the Social Security Code in respect of earned income and replacement income or that relating to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Candidacy requirements

Article R1441-16

The specific delegation of authority referred to in 3° of article L. 1441-12 and 2° of article L. 1441-13, enabling professional and managerial staff to be registered in the employers' section, may ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: One-stop shop for live performances

Article R7122-15

…o the application of the unemployment insurance scheme to these occupations provided for in article L. 5422-20.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXI: Conservatory measures

Article 706-166

…rs' imprisonment or more, listed in the tittre Ier du livre III du code pénal, le juge des libertés et de la détention, sur requête du procureur de la République, peut, dans les conditions et selon le…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Publication formalities.

Article R210-16

…sement by means of notices or announcements shall be made, as appropriate, by insertions in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales or in a medium authorised to receive legal announ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-15

…l be subject to the automated processing provided for by articles 763-12 of this code and R. 544-18 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code. Articles R. 61-21 to R. 61-31-1 are applicable, with the investiga…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-15

The general representative of branches of companies referred to in 3° of Article L. 310-2 duly established in France must be vested with sufficient powers by the company concerned to bind the latter v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Reduction of capital.

Article R225-152

For the application of the first paragraph of article L. 225-205, the time limit for creditors to object to the capital reduction is twenty days from the date of filing at the registry of the minutes…

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