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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

…icles…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-44

…R. 221-16 to R. 221-19.…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-11

…ncluded in the state of the art for the implementation of the methods referred to in Article L. 611-16, provided that its use for any of those methods is not comprised in the state of the art. The sec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-18

…e effectiveness or extent of his exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, the employee may only submit a claim to the management body relating to the opening of the pr…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R773-33

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no. 2022-110 of 1 Feb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R774-33

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no. 2022-110 of 1 Feb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R775-32

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no. 2022-110 of 1 Feb…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VE

…ell or a synallagmatic undertaking to sell, signed and dated between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2023 at the latest; 2° Completed no later than 31 December of the second year following the year in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-4

…are not allocated to this subsidiary accounting system shall be transferred to it before 1 January 2023. The insurance undertaking shall ensure that this transfer is not detrimental to the interests…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Transfers between insurance undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L384-1

…decision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution on this request.As from 1 January 2023, the transfer options provided for in the previous paragraph are only possible in the context o…

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