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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-23

…ffer access to online public communication services;- the conditions under which interested persons may exercise, with the authority, their right of access to the data concerning them in accordance wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special privileges.

Article L3253-23

The following may bring a direct action or claim special privileges:1° Under the conditions set out inarticle 1798 of the Civil Code, employees in the building and public works sectors;2° Under the co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII ter: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of inland waterway vessels used to transport goods

Article 238 sexdecies

…meets additional capacity conditions. The total amount of the exemption granted under this article may not exceed €100,000 per disposal. If the sums reinvested are less than the disposal price, the a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-33

The operation referred to in Article 230-32 is authorised: 1° As part of an investigation in flagrante delicto, a preliminary investigation or a procedure provided for in articles 74 to 74-2, by the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236 bis

…during which the unused entitlements of these employees were acquired on the date of the merger. It may not be shorter than the vesting period for unused paid holiday entitlements at the end of the fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-23

…reto to the person who is the subject of the measure, by any means, and shall inform them that they may submit written observations no later than the twelfth day of the measure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-40

…the liberty and custody judge, seised at any time by reasoned request from the investigating judge, may, by reasoned decision, authorise that the following do not appear in the case file: 1° The date,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 duodecies

…is granted by a legal person or body required to file the declaration provided for in 1 of Article 223, excluding those taxed at the corporation tax rates provided for in Article 219 bis, the contribu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Rules of conduct and remuneration

Article L314-23

…ersons. Any salesperson who is a natural person, whether or not they are an employee of a creditor, may not, under any circumstances, be remunerated on the basis of the rate of credit or the type of c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and representativeness of the association

Article R513-23

…tified target at the end of a one-year period. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may grant authorisation if it considers that the plan is likely to enable the association to meet th…

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