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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Common obligations

Article 535

…bodies and their staff are bound by professional secrecy under the terms of articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code.The inspection procedures, the obligations of approved inspection bodies, the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L6211-3

…renticeship contracts provided by skills operators, under the conditions set out in article L. 6332-14 ; 2° For capital expenditure, pay grants.II-The amount of operating and investment expenditure co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Common provisions

Article R1527-1

…t Six of this Code do not apply, with the exception of those adopted in application of Articles L. 6145-10 to L. 6145-15 ;12° The reference to any social or medico-social establishment or sector is no…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-15

I. - For the application of article D. 6261-14:a) The population to be taken into account is the total population of the local authority, as resulting from the last known census on the date of product…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-15

I. - For the application of article D. 6361-14:a) The population to be taken into account is the total population of the local authority as it results from the last known census on the date of product…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Rules of conduct and remuneration

Article L314-23

…ir staff and credit intermediaries is without prejudice to the obligations mentioned in Article L. 314-22. The staff concerned are natural persons who work for the creditor and who directly carry out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-17

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 526-14 and L. 526-15, the funds of electronic money holders collected by an electronic money institution are returned to the holders or transferred to a credit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-12

…res he is subject to.When the member or the authorised and sworn agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 hear the person, either on their own initiative or at the person's request, the letter of summons…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-16

…9 November 1966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 of the same law they may contain, concerning respectively the distribution of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 bis

…benefit from the exemptions from excise duty on alcohol provided for in Articles L. 313-7 to L. 313-14 of the same code or who trade in the denatured alcohols mentioned in its article L. 313-7;6° Fail…

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