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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D155-4

…sions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying automatically in the table below.Art…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-199-1

…by the international accounting standards adopted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2238/2004 of 29 December 2004, in particular the part of its Annex IAS 24 entitled "Purpose of related party disclos…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition, organisation and operation

Article L7345-4

…y. The tax is allocated up to the ceiling set in I of Article 46 of the Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-14

The deliberations of the joint committee set up by article 2 of the agreement of 31 December 1958 and relating to the scope of application of the approved agreement are subject to the approval of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-81

Before 31 December each year, France Compétences sends the Minister responsible for vocational training an updated list of the national joint employment committees or joint committees that have not co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 196

…ome separate from that which serves as the basis for the taxpayer's taxation: 1° His children under 18 years of age or infirm; 2° Under the same conditions, the children he has taken into his own home…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to municipalities resulting from a merger with 100,000 inhabitants or less

Article R2113-22

The provisions of articles R. 2511-17 and R. 2511-18 relating to the participation of associations in municipal life are applicable to municipalities resulting from a merger with fewer than 100,000 in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-3

…gal weekly working hours and maximum daily working hours set out in articles L. 3121-27 and L. 3121-18 and the decrees set out in articles L. 3121-67 and L. 3121-68 is punishable by a fourth-class fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article R1526-1

…on and the action for recognition of rights provided for in Titles V and VI of Act No. 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century .

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6265-1

Articles D. 1611-1, R. 1617-1 to R. 1617-18, articles D. 1617-19 to D. 1617-23 and articles R. 3334-1 to R. 3334-22, R. 3335-1, R. 3341-1 to R. 3341-2-1 and D. 3342-1 to D. 3342-13 are applicable to t…

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