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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial assistance and exemptions

Article D5134-11

For each post, the agreements signed with the private not-for-profit organisations may be amended to provide for the payment of part of the initial aid and the granting of a consolidation bonus of up…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-11

When an internal-use pharmacy is no longer able to carry out one or more of its tasks and activities, it may entrust other internal-use pharmacies with their implementation. The competent administrati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions for authorisation to carry out certain sampling procedures

Article R6213-11

Medical biologists are authorised to carry out, with a view to medical biology examinations, all the sampling procedures for which training for the specialised medical biology studies diploma provides…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to transfers of portfolios of insurance contracts

Article R311-12

When the collège de résolution issues the injunction provided for in 3° of Article L. 311-30, 1° of I of Article L. 311-42 and 1° of I of Article L. 311-48 to a person mentioned in I of Article L. 311…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
30°: Tax credit for expenses incurred by certain farmers to replace their employees on leave

Article 200 undecies

…s in France within the meaning of Article 4 B and whose income is taxed in the agricultural profits category are entitled to a tax credit in respect of the expenses incurred to replace them for leave…

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

Article L2242-12

…oncluded in one of the areas listed in 1° and 2° of article L. 2242-1 and in article L. 2242-2 may set the frequency of its renegotiation, up to a limit of four years.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-11

…any control exercised by the public authority, the complexity of the engagement, and the specific methodology and technologies used by the statutory auditor(s).The engagement plan describes the gener…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-11

I. - No grant may be awarded if work has begun on the operation before the date on which the application is declared or deemed complete. Commencement of execution of the operation is constituted by th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-1

…articles of association at the town hall of the municipality in which their registered office is located, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2131-1 of the Labour Code. Within one month o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-117-1

For the application of the third paragraph of article L. 225-132, when the preferential subscription right is detached from tradable shares, it is itself tradable from the second business day before t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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