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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Payments into the time savings account

Article L3343-1

If the agreement establishing a time savings account so provides, the employee may pay into this account all or part of the bonuses allocated to him under a profit-sharing agreement, as well as, at th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-5

The following may not directly or indirectly hold a fraction of the share capital of a company operating a private medical biology laboratory 1° A natural or legal person practising a health professio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-6-1

For the application of Article L. 513-10, when the société de crédit foncier uses financial instruments mentioned in Article L. 211-1, these financial instruments must constitute an exposure to a cred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-26

…on 7° a heating system 8° a natural or mechanical heat regulation system; 9° an air renewal system; 10° a light-shading device. Without prejudice to the regulations applicable to them, these installat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable in the event of a finding that does not allow the ticket to be issued immediately

Article A37-15

…he provisions of the third paragraph of I of Article R. 49-1 or the last paragraph of article R. 49-10, the offence is recorded by the ticketing officer under conditions that do not allow the ticket a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable in the event of consignment and automated checks

Article A37-13

…relating to the notice of offence appear on the front and back of a single notice of offence form, 210 mm × 297 mm in size, green in colour, which includes at the bottom of the page a detachable part,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R754-7

…mn of the same table: " Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-4No. 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-5no. 2023-369 of 11 May 2023R.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-22

…with article L. 5221-5 of this Code. The condition set out in 1° of article R. 5221-20 of this code may not be invoked when the work permit is requested by a foreign national entrusted to the child we…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R5315-8

…ation of 20° of article R. 5315-3; 9° Draws up the annual activity report and the corporate report; 10° Reports on its management to the Board of Directors. It may delegate its signature to staff unde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

…to the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and Law no. 83-657 of 20 July 1983 on the developmen…

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