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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 4 B

1. The following shall be deemed to have their tax domicile in France within the meaning of Article 4 A : a. Persons who have their home or main place of residence in France; b. Those who carry on a p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-35

…e asks the employer, within ten days of his appointment, for all the information he deems necessary to carry out his assignment. The employer responds to this request within eight days. If necessary,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Expert assistance

Article L1233-34

…of the committees set up within it, decide, at the first meeting provided for inArticle L. 1233-30, to call in an expert report which may cover the economic and accounting fields as well as health, sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Budget (R)

Article R2221-48-1

…sults calculation sheet. This sheet and a table showing the budget outturn are drawn up by the director and approved by the accounting officer, who accompanies them with a balance drawn up after the l…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: The Standing Conference on Women's Sport

Article D142-42

…R. 133-3 to R*. 133-13 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration. It meets at l…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The National Supporters' Forum

Article D224-4

The Instance nationale du supportérisme shall meet and operate in accordance with the conditions set out in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-48

…of the penal restraint, a felony or a misdemeanour under ordinary law followed by an unsuspended custodial sentence, the sentencing court may, after receiving the opinion of the sentence enforcement j…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-4

In accordance with the provisions of article R. 121, the compensation due, pursuant to article R. 121-1, to natural persons who are personality investigators, judicial controllers, delegates of the pu…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Temporary residence permit bearing the words "ICT trainee" or "ICT mobile trainee".

Article R*421-52

Silence kept by the prefect on an application for a visa for an internship agreement with a view to obtaining a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT intern" provided for in article L. 4…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting up the dynamic acquisition system

Article R2162-38

…hen setting up a dynamic purchasing system and when the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the thresholds for the formalised procedure, the purchaser shall comply with the…

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