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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting rules.

Article R144-5

…account items, as well as the information to be included in the notes referred to in Article L. 123-13 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article R225-2

Articles D. 224-4 and D. 224-5, article R. 224-13 for sub-accounts opened in the form of a securities account and articles R. 224-14 to R. 224-17 for sub-accounts opened in the form of a group insuran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Job security contract

Article D1233-51

…gnated by the branch agreement to which the company belongs. For the application of article R. 6331-13, this payment is taken into account in the total expenditure actually devoted by the employer to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R1524-2

…do not apply; 3° In 5°, the words "or, in the case of an agricultural employee, to Articles R. 717-13 and R. 717-16 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code" do not apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-71

…ce with the rules of independence, compliance with the standards referred to in I of Article L. 821-13, the adequacy of the resources allocated to carrying out the assignments and the fees received by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-10-5-4

…ent for a part-time employment contract with an employer other than those mentioned in articles L. 5132-4 and L. 5213-13; 2° A document specifying the employment support measures that it plans to impl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Association with the public hospital service

Article R6112-7

…f association with the public hospital service under the conditions provided for in article L. 6122-13, the establishment's multiannual contract of objectives and resources is the subject of an amendm…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R421-11

…ity programme" or "talent passport (family)" provided for in articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-13 to L. 421-21, L. 421-22 and L. 421-23 reside outside France, the decision to issue the requested…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-54

…situations provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 642-5 and in Articles L. 642-6, L. 642-13 and L. 642-17 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 ter

…hus communicated are, under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the French Penal Code, bound by professional secrecy in all matters relating to the said infor…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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