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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure for bodies responsible for vocational integration and training initiatives

Article R6121-3

…costs, as well as the system of penalties; 11° A reference to Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article D6323-3-4

I.-The whistleblower employee mentioned in I of Article 6 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, as well as the emplo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

…e Bar with which the lawyers are registered, in accordance with Article 17 of Law No. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain legal professions. It may be assisted in its supervisory role by the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…f perpetrators of terrorist offences for the duration of their obligations under Article 706-25-7 ; 16° Persons entered in the automated national judicial file for perpetrators of sexual or violent of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156 bis

…ny between the date of the declaration of the start of construction provided for in article R.* 424-16 of the town planning code and that of the acquisition of their shares by the individuals concerne…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article R761-5

…applicable in Mayotte for a period of five years from the publication of Decree No. 2018-1159 of 14 December 2018 taken for the application of Law No. 2018-778 of 10 September 2018 for controlled immi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-10

…titute an unfair term or practice within the meaning of the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 441-16 or Article L. 442-1. The duration of the acceptance or verification procedure may not have the ef…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23

…ispense a medicinal product belonging to this group in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 162-16 of the Social Security Code.By way of derogation from I, they may dispense a medicinal produc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-6

…e system relating to continuity of treatment initiated in this respect in application of article L. 162-16-5-4 of the Social Security Code, as well as medicinal products which are the subject of an au…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…Français rapatriés; c. The allowance provided for in Article 133 of Finance Act no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 for 2016; d. The lump sum equivalent to compensation provided for in article 3 of Act…

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