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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Financing small-scale fishing

Article 238 bis HP

…isanal fishing companies or fishing outfitting companies as defined in II of Article 240 of Law no. 2005-157 of 23 February 2005 on the development of rural areas aged under fifty on the date of the a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-1

…proval: a) Not accompanied by the certificate of conformity provided for inArticle 12 of Decree No. 2005-1236 of 30 September 2005, as amended, or accompanied by a certificate that is incomplete or no…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-2

Where the law governing the contract is that of a State which does not belong to the European Union, the consumer may not be deprived of the protection afforded to him by the provisions adopted by a M…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Psychomotrician.

Article L4332-5

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 4332-2, employees who have practised the profession of psychomotrician on a principal basis for at least three years during the ten years prior t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R823-19

…et certains organismes ayant un objet d'ordre économique et social et par le décret n° 55-733 du26 mai 1955 relatif au contrôle économique et financier de l'Etat. The laboratory's financial managemen…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1535

Where the agreement resulting from mediation has been made enforceable by a court or authority of another Member State of the European Union under the conditions provided for in Article 6 of Directive…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents.

Article R511-6

Credit institutions and finance companies are required to close their financial year on 31 December. However, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may authorise them to derogate from t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-8

Agents of local authorities and their public establishments may not perform the duties of a volunteer firefighter during duty time, except in the cases provided for by law no. 96-370 of 3 May 1996 rel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-23

…y or councillor acting by delegation from the mayor under the conditions set out in article L. 2122-18. Unless otherwise stipulated in the deliberation, decisions relating to the matters that have bee…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-35

…artistic, economic, accounting and legal matters, provided under the supervision of the Conseil des Maisons de Vente and in accordance with the procedures it determines. The adaptation period is full-…

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