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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-1

The application to open safeguard proceedings is filed by the legal representative of the legal entity or by the individual debtor at the registry of the competent court. It sets out the nature of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

I.-The Agence nationale pour l'amélioration des conditions de travail is administered by a Board of Directors and managed by a Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors comprises : 1° Eleven emp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…le et solidaire opened and operating under the conditions and limits provided for in Article L. 221-27 of the Monetary and Financial Code;9° quinquies (Repealed).9° sexies (repealed)10° to 13° (Obsole…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

…ity in the exercise of which the offence was committed, in accordance with the terms of article 131-27 of the same Code; 3° Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to commit the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Personalised pathway and republican integration contract

Article L413-5

…words "salarié détaché mobile ICT" (ICT mobile seconded employee) as provided for in article L. 421-27; 13° A multiannual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT (famille)" ("seconded…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-3

…mi-public company created by French Polynesia pursuant to Article 29 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. The second paragraph of Article L. 15…

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

Article L133-1

…11, I of Article L. 133-13, Article L. 133-22, Articles L. 133-25 to L. 133-25-2 and Article L. 133-27, the provisions of this chapter apply if only the payee's payment service provider or the payer's…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 207

…luvial ainsi que les coopératives maritimes et leurs unions, visées aux articles L. 931-5 to L. 931-27 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, except for business carried out with nonmembers;4° The lo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account

Article L6323-11

…l training account and the ceilings mentioned in this article and in articles L. 6323-11-1, L. 6323-27 and L. 6323-34 are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Seasonal employees, within the meaning of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Creation and content of the shared medical file

Article R1111-42

…forbidden access; 7° Data relating to the access authorisations mentioned in 8° of article R. 1111-27 of this code.

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