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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Share categories

Article L6313-5

The purpose of the actions for validating prior learning mentioned in 3° of Article L. 6313-1 is to acquire a professional qualification registered in the National Register of Professional Qualificati…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Information to be provided by the candidate

Article R2143-3

In support of its application, the candidate shall produce: 1° A declaration on honour to the effect that it does not fall into any of the cases mentioned in Articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-5 and L. 214…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4b: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 125 A

…ons belonging to a tax household whose reference tax income for the penultimate year, as defined in 1° of IV of article 1417, is less than €25,000 for single, divorced or widowed taxpayers and less th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Extraction networks

Article R1233-13

The health establishments mentioned in the third paragraph of article L. 1233-1 which are not authorised to remove organs define, by means of an agreement with the establishments authorised to carry o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-27

The extract from the minutes containing the decision of the Board of Directors relating to the choice of one of the two methods of exercising general management provided for in Article L. 225-51-1 is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations.

Article R213-16

…ies are not grouped into identified series, the securities to be amortised are selected as follows: 1° At a reference date prior to redemption and set by the contract of issue, the account keeper draw…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Guarantee of gold, silver and platinum materials

Article 547

The additional measures are determined by decrees in the Council of State (1). (1) Annex I, art. 204 to 211.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-16

The Minister of the Interior may, in the cases provided for in 1 and 3 of article L. 3332-15, close these establishments for a period of between three months and one year. Where applicable, the period…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L652-1

In the collectivities covered by article 73 of the Constitution and in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, locally represe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 798-1

Any person whose conviction has been the subject of a legal pardon pursuant to the provisions of the Criminal Code may request, in accordance with the procedure and terms laid down in this chapter, th…

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