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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Document retention periods

Article R2223-55-1

The prior declarations and supporting documents mentioned in articles R. 2213-2-2, R. 2213-5, R. 2213-7, R. 2213-8, R. 2213-8-1, R. 2213-10, R. 2213-13, R. 2213-14, R. 2213-21 and R. 2213-28 are kept…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-10

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-21, the information contained in the database covers the current year, the two preceding years and, as may be envisaged, the following…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-10

…e tenth of the duration stipulated in the contract, in breach of the provisions of articles L. 3123-21 and L. 3123-29 or of II of article 14 of law no. 2000-37 of 19 January 2000 relating to the negot…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 195

1. By way of derogation from the foregoing provisions, the taxable income of single, divorced or widowed taxpayers who do not have any children in their exclusive, main or deemed equally shared parent…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

…ment, the parent may be represented by a special and authenticated proxy.However, where article 311-21, the second paragraph of this article, article 342-12 or article 357 has already been applied in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-26

…to the promotion of a tobacco product which are prohibited by application of 1° of Article L. 3512-21; 6° The characteristics that the unique identifier must have, the conditions for designating the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Enforcement provisions.

Article L323-34

…application of this section, and in particular : - the procedures for application of Article L. 323-21 ; - the procedures for approving, operating and monitoring adapted businesses and home-based work…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-30

…e mentioned in Article L. 123-31: 1° The deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 2° of Article 21 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; 2° Officials responsible for the control of markets and halls…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94

…isory Board that may be held simultaneously by the same natural person, pursuant to articles L. 225-21 and L. 225-77, is applicable to the accumulation of seats as director and member of the superviso…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-8

When an athlete sanctioned in application of articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12 requests the return, renewal or issue of a sports licence, the competent federation shall make this return, renewal…

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