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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-23

The personal data recorded in the processing is kept for a period of twenty-four months from the date of completion of the pathway to integration through economic activity, or from the date of collect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-234-2

The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques is authorised to verify and, if necessary, correct the address of establishments on the basis of geographical references. It may suppl…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HZ

In the event of the dissolution of the company or a reduction in its capital, the Minister for the Economy, Finance and the Budget may order the reintegration of sums deducted pursuant to article 217…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-23-1

Opposition may only be based on one or more of the following grounds: 1° The subject matter of the patent is not patentable under the terms of Articles L. 611-10, L. 611-11 and L. 611-13 to L. 611-19;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23-1

I. - In companies with between eleven and less than fifty employees, where there is no trade union representative in the company or establishment, company or establishment agreements may be negotiated…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis AB

…e in respect of each year may not exceed the limit mentioned in the first paragraph of 3 of article 238 bis, less the total payments mentioned in the same article.To benefit from the deduction provide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-23

…d, as the case may be. When the meeting is convened in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 233-32, the deadline set in the first paragraph of this Article is reduced to the fifteenth day befo…

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

Article 238 bis HT

In the event of the approved company being wound up or its capital being reduced, the Minister responsible for the budget may order the reinstatement of sums deducted pursuant to articles 163 duovicie…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-6

…cy finding an anti-doping rule violation and the agreements concluded in accordance with article L. 232-22 shall be made public after being notified to the persons who have been the subject of them. T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Procedures for the performance of judicial police duties by authorised customs officers

Article R15-33-23

The customs officer appointed to carry out a judicial police mission shall immediately report to the public prosecutor or the requesting investigating judge if the latter has ordered such diligence. H…

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