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

Article R2123-12

…resentatives' right to training, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 2123-12 to L. 2123-16 and by 3° of article L. 2321-2, may only take place if the body providing the training course or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-13

…L. 751-9. The certificate of compliance is accompanied by the table referred to in articles R. 752-16 and R. 752-38. It is not compulsory to send the appendices..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-6

I. - When, pursuant to Article L. 822-16, a request for an opinion on the code of ethics of the profession of statutory auditor is submitted to the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes, which shal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Departmental Commission for Intercommunal Cooperation

Article R5211-38

…ases provided for by IV of Article L. 5210-1-1 and by Articles 60 and 61 of the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales, decisions are taken by an absolute majo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Exemptions

Article D3335-18

Any establishment mentioned in article D. 3335-16 which opens a public house without the mayor's authorisation or without complying with the conditions set by the temporary dispensation is subject to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Exemptions from social security contributions

Article D6325-19

…aid hours taken into account for the calculation of the exemptions provided for in articles L. 6325-16 and L. 6325-17 is equal to the product of the working hours that the employee would have worked i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-90

The Caisses d'Epargne et de Prévoyance are managed by an Executive Board under the supervision of a Supervisory Board. The latter is known as the Guidance and Supervisory Board. The Guidance and Super…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 C ter

…h its own tax system decides otherwise, in accordance with the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, properties located in the priority urban policy neighbourhoods defined in article 5 of L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-3

…1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-17-1 Law no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 133-18 Law no. 2022-1158 of 16 August 2022L. 133-19Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 133-20 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-5

…et des produits de santé the other information mentioned in Annex III to Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards procedures for verifying equiv…

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