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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Other prior declarations

Article R1221-32

The prior declaration provided for in Article L. 1221-17 shall be made by the employer. In the case provided for in 2° of the same article, the declaration is made by the new employer, by registered l…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-26

The order issued by the official receiver pursuant to article L. 631-17 indicates the number of employees whose redundancy is authorised as well as the activities and professional categories concerned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information obligations

Article R561-32

The declaration provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 561-17 and the documents communicated pursuant to II of Article L. 561-25 shall be sent within a maximum of eight clear days of receip…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exits and clearances

Article R4462-21

…otechnic activities are carried out and which have several levels as referred to in Article R. 4462-17 are served, independently of the internal staircases, by one or more external staircases or equiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose of agreements.

Article R6142-6

…diagnostic and care services of the regional hospital centre, with the exception of those that are maintained either totally or partially outside, in application of 1° of article L. 6142-17.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Determination of the debtor's assets.

Article L624-16

…the price is then treated in the same way as payment of the claims mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AI

Additive manufacturing equipment acquired or created between 1 October 2015 and 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the date on which it is brought…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ASSESSMENT OF THE ASYLUM SEEKER'S VULNERABILITY AND PARTICULAR NEEDS

Article L522-4

…ation.This information may be processed automatically, under the conditions laid down by law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Night work.

Article L1225-11

…of the employment contract of an employee in a medically certified state of pregnancy ; 2° L. 1225-17, relating to maternity leave; 3° L. 1225-29, relating to the ban on postnatal and prenatal employ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The regional economic, social and environmental council

Article L4134-7

…e maximum allowances set for members of the regional council by the articles L. 4135-16 and L. 4135-17. This allowance is modulated according to members' attendance at meetings of the Board or its for…

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