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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…Old-age insurance contributions paid in exercise of the redemption options provided for in articles L. 351-14-1 of the Social Security Code, L. 9 bis of the code des pensions civiles et militaires de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2326-1

…0 euros: 1° Opening or running without authorisation one of the establishments mentioned in article L. 2321-1 or making an inaccurate or incomplete declaration ; 2° Continuing to operate such an estab…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18

…entice. After this period, the contract may be terminated by written agreement signed by both parties. Failing this, the contract may be terminated in the event of force majeure, serious misconduct on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure

Article L5217-12-1

…d the compendium of administrative acts of the metropolis ; 2° Functional allowances, contributions to the general social security scheme, contributions to pension schemes, contributions to the fund a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use of funds by skills operators to pay for work-linked training, personal training accounts and skills development for companies with fewer than fifty employees

Article L6332-14

I.-The skills operator covers the following costs under the financial section mentioned in 1° of article L. 6332-3: 1° Apprenticeship and professionalisation contracts at the level set by the branches…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-11

In the case referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 356-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall verify whether the insurance and reinsurance undertakings are subject by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4431-1

…ly 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system, are applicable in the territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Articles…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-1

…L. 422-1 are handed down by the regulatory control commission. The regu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L764-11

…n the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same ta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Defence of investors

Article L763-11

…s mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same ta…

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