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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-4

…roup means the whole formed by a company and those it controls within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code or institutions within the meaning of Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Delegated…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

…der the conditions defined inarticle L. 233-1, in I and II of article L. 233-3 and inarticle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code.The sector of activity used to assess the economic reason for redundancy i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
32°: Tax credit for students to finance their higher education

Article 200 terdecies

I. - Loans taken out between 1 September 2005 and 31 December 2008 with a view to financing their studies by persons aged no more than twenty-five and enrolled in a course of higher education entitle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14-1

…are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may decide to entrust the latter, under the conditions provided for by article L. 5211-17, with the impl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-24

…ve the machine being used, as they cannot benefit from the exemption provided for in article R. 221-16 of the Highway Code;Personal safety equipment:- participants must be equipped with an approved he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-12

…before being bound by a contract, the person being canvassed shall receive information laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, relating in particular to: 1° The name and business address of the nat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article A143-4

…climate, social and corporate governance factors are taken into account in the investment strategy; 16° The list and means of access to additional information, in particular information on the investm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R310

…rench Polynesia, in 10° of II, the words: "pursuant to the fourth and seventh paragraphs of Article 16-11 and the second paragraph of Article 87 of the Civil Code, as well as" are replaced by the word…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article R742-1

…ted in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 211-1No. 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018R. 211-2 to R. 211-6no. 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 211…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and general rules

Article R743-1

…ted in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 211-1No. 2018-1226 of 24 December 2018R. 211-2 to R. 211-6no. 2023-421 of 31 May 2023R. 211…

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