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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX: Information on reference tax income

Article 242 quater

…ed in the last paragraph of 1 of I of article 117 quater and in the last paragraph of I of article 125 A formulate, under their responsibility, their request for exemption from the levies provided for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 14: Dismissal of union representatives

Article L2411-24

Trade union representatives may only be dismissed with the authorisation of the labour inspector.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-24

Pharmacists may not sell goods in their dispensaries other than those appearing on a list drawn up by the Minister for Health, on a proposal from the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens. Pharm…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Information to be provided to the public by groups.

Article L356-24

…participating and parent undertakings referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 respectively shall put in place appropriate structures and systems at group level to meet the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the insurance of vehicles in international traffic and certain other vehicles.

Article R211-24

…ce.When the insurance is taken out with the "Frontier Insurance" co-insurance pool, the certificate may be issued by the customs administration, which may collect the corresponding premiums.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Conflict of laws relating to parentage

Article 311-15

…r, if the child and his father and mother or one of them have their habitual residence in France, whether common or separate, possession of status produces all the consequences that flow from it under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-24

…activity of freelance administration on an exclusive basis. Only a freelance administration company may enter into freelance administration employment contracts.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Appeals

Article D45-24

If the appeal is lodged by the public prosecutor, he may also indicate in his statement of appeal or within one month of that statement that he is requesting that the appeal be considered by a panel.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Security agents

Article 2488-9

The security agent may, without having to show proof of a special mandate, take any action to defend the interests of the creditors of the secured obligation and make any declaration of claim.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Request for rectification, deletion or restriction of the obligation to submit data

Article R53-8-28

The competent magistrate must inform the interested party of his decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt within two months of receipt of the request. This period is extended to f…

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