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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 172

…ovided for in Articles 53 A, 97 or Article 38 sexdecies Q of Annex III to this code. 2° (Repealed). 3° The declarations referred to in 1 are made by whichever of the spouses personally carries out the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-1

The administrative authority may detain, for a period of forty-eight hours, a foreign national who is in one of the cases provided for in article L. 731-1 when he or she does not present effective gua…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-134

…ture approved by the regional director for youth, sport and the voluntary sector in accordance with 3° of article R. 212-79 and under the conditions set out in article A. 212-136. It is carried out in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions applicable to companies whose financial instruments are no longer traded on a regulated market

Article L433-5

Articles L. 433-1 to L. 433-4 are applicable to companies whose financial instruments have ceased to be admitted to trading on a regulated market in order to be admitted to trading on a multilateral t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National Council for Periodic Certification

Article L4022-5

…he players involved in the periodic certification procedure are independent of any ties of interest;3° It ensures that the actions taken into account for certification purposes meet the criteria of ob…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-22

Subject to the provisions of article L. 625-3, the proceedings in progress are interrupted until the pursuing creditor has declared his claim. They are then resumed ipso jure, the judicial representat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-25

…ticle R. 224-22 are as follows: 1° Removable bodywork parts; 2° Interior trim and upholstery parts; 3° Unglued glazing; 4° Optical parts; 5° Mechanical or electronic parts, with the exception of those…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Levies

Article R512-24-1

Where goods are made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique, the authorised agents may order, where applicable under the conditions provided for in Article L. 512-16, of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil d'orientation des conditions de travail (Working Conditions Advisory Council)

Article L4641-1

…2° It helps to define the French position on strategic issues at European and international level; 3° It is consulted on draft legislation and regulations relating to this area; 4° It participates in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-16

…trols are set as follows:1° Balance sheet total: 24,000,000 euros;2° Net turnover: 48,000,000 euros;3° Average number of employees: 250.These figures are calculated globally for all the companies conc…

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