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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R754-3

…0R. 312-13 to R. 312-17n° 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-18, with the exception of b) and c) of its 1°.n° 2019-1097 of 28 October 2019R. 312-19, with the exception of 2° of IVn° 2015-1092 of 28 August…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-29

When the holder of the authorisation relating to cosmetic surgery facilities is a health establishment, it may satisfy the obligations mentioned in articles R. 6322-16 to R. 6322-19, R. 6322-27 and R.…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Emergency medical care authorisation

Article R6123-8

A health care establishment may, in view of a particular situation, be authorised to operate an emergency facility for part of the year only, provided that the arrangements for patient care by another…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 ter

The following are exempt from tax up to an annual limit of €460: 1. (Not applicable); 2. The amount of deductions made from wages in connection with the subscription of shares issued by sociétés coopé…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Product monitoring and governance requirements

Article L516-2

The obligations set out in Article L. 516-1 do not apply to: 1° Insurance products covering the risks referred to in Article L. 111-6; 2° Contracts mentioned in b of article L. 861-4 of the Social Sec…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedure applicable if the foreign national is not placed under house arrest or in detention

Article L614-3

If, during the course of the proceedings, the foreign national is placed under house arrest pursuant to article L. 731-1 or placed in detention pursuant to article L. 741-1, articles L. 614-7 to L. 61…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L2241-6

…1-1 may set the frequency of its renegotiation, up to a limit of four years for the areas listed in 1° to 5° and up to a limit of five years for the areas listed in 6° and 7°.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General terms and conditions of contracts

Article L251-1

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table, shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article R3261-15

An employee who works at several different workplaces within the same company and who does not provide transport between these different workplaces and between these workplaces and the employee's usua…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-49

The draft Articles of Association may provide for the creation of an additional corporate fund intended to provide the company with the solvency it needs to comply with current regulations. This fund…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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