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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article R1424-1

…s well as volunteer firefighters who, subject to specific rules laid down in application of article 23 of the loi n° 96-370 du 3 mai 1996 relative au développement du volontariat dans les corps de sap…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article R7343-82

…s representativeness established at the level of the sector in question pursuant to Article L. 7343-23 must be accompanied by 1° A copy of the organisation's articles of association and the receipt fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 nonies

I. - At the request of the company, the added value of establishments exempt from business property tax pursuant to the decision of a municipality or a public establishment for inter-municipal coopera…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 bis

A special equipment tax is instituted for the benefit of the public land establishments mentioned in Article L. 324-1 of the town planning code or the Corsican land office, a public establishment of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…sed by a delegated federation;c) During the international sporting events referred to in article L. 230-2 ; d) Outside the competition periods for the sporting events mentioned in a to c ;e) During th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-28

In companies subject to the obligation to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the Labour Code and which, at the close of the last financial year, fell into the category of small an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-24

…ion and consumption to formally take a position on the compliance with articles L. 217-21 to L. 217-23 of the commercial guarantee it intends to implement. The purpose of this formal statement is to p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provision of digital content and services

Article L224-25-11

…When the consumer exercises his right to rescind the contract, articles L. 224-25-22 and L. 224-25-23 apply. The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the award of damages.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-12

…years of the child's birth. Where this article, article 311-21, the second paragraph of article 311-23 or article 357 have already been applied in respect of a common child, the name previously devolv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1-1

…without using personalised security data;c) The provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 133-23 and article L. 133-24 for unauthorised card payment transactions. In this case, notwithstanding a…

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