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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation

Article R7343-17

The challenge is made by petition delivered or addressed to the clerk of the court by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. It shall contain the information prescribed by articles 54 and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings certificates

Article D744-17

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal of approval

Article R7232-17

The declaration includes: 1° The company name of the legal entity or the name of the sole trader and their address ; 2° The address of the main establishment of the legal entity or the sole trader and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Specific procedures

Article R375

When the claim for compensation is brought before the commission sitting in Mayotte, the two-month period provided for in Article R. 50-17 is increased by : 1° One month for persons residing in France…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6361-17

The audited accounts referred to in Article L. 2313-1-1 shall be certified by an auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts and by the chairman of the body in question for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The local authority's budget and accounts

Article D6261-17

The audited accounts referred to in article L. 2313-1-1 shall be audited by a statutory auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify their accounts, and by the chairman of the body in quest…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Information to be provided to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R385-17

…rance and Reinsurance (Solvency II), in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree 2017-1171 of 18 July 2017 laying down the rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Enforcement of administrative court decisions

Article L614-17

If the decision not to grant a period for voluntary departure is annulled, the surveillance measures provided for in articles L. 731-1, L. 731-3, L. 741-1 and L. 743-13 are immediately terminated, and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
X: Tax on insurance policies and similar taxes

Article 1723 quindecies

1. The tax on insurance conventions provided for in articles 991 et seq. and the contributions or levies collected in accordance with the same rules shall be paid, by direct transfer to the Treasury a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 B

1. Failure to produce within the prescribed period a document that must be submitted to the tax authorities, other than those mentioned in articles 1728 and 1729, will result in a fine of €150.The fin…

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