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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article L2315-10

Time spent on delegation is automatically considered as working time and paid at the normal rate. If the employer wishes to contest the use made of delegation time, he must refer the matter to the cou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-30

The rate of tourist tax is set, for each type and category of accommodation, per person and per overnight stay.This rate is set by deliberation of the municipal council taken before 1st July of the ye…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.

Article R143-10

In order to register debt declarations made pursuant to articles L. 141-21 and L. 141-22, articles R. 521-5 and R. 521-6 apply. The information concerning the asset required under 5° of article R. 521…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2-2

…s, the Minister for Health, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Agence nationale de santé publique may access anonymous data relating to devices contained i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operations.

Article R518-34

…minutes drawn up by the judge shall be made by the clerk of the court, which extract shall contain :1° The surnames and first names of the creditors whose claims have been assessed ;2° The amounts all…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 septies

I.-Capital gains realised on exchanges of agricultural land, carried out as part of a rural land development scheme within the meaning of article L. 121-1 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-3

The declaration of assignment mentioned in Article L. 526-7 contains the following information:1° The surname, business name, first names, date, place of birth and domicile of the sole trader;2° The n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-2

…provisions of article D. 3311-4 with the exception of the sixth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth paragraphs, the articles D. 3311-5, D. 3321-1 and D. 3321-2, D. 3332-3 et D. 3342-1 à…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-2

…the end of the period set by formal notice. The amount of the administrative fine may not exceed : 1° 500,000 euros for the offences mentioned in 1° bis, 3°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 18°, 19°, 20° and 23° o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory.

Article L631-2-2

…e companies, investment firms, portfolio management companies, insurance companies, mutual insurers and provident institutions, as well as any other person it deems appropriate. To this end, these per…

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