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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Assembly and dismantling of lifts.

Article R4543-26

…method takes particular account of the documentation and information provided for in Article R. 134-31 of the French Construction and Housing Code.During all phases of dismantling a lift, the stabilit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Right to leave

Article D7121-36

To benefit from continuous annual leave, in application of article D. 7121-31, the employee must send the paid leave fund the certificates he has received from his employer or successive employers. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

In the absence of stipulations in the agreement provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 2314-1, the number of members of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee provided fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules

Article L5842-2

…o. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-2 law no. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 L. 5211-3 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 5211-4 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-4-1 law no. 2015-991 of 7 Aug…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Flat-rate tax on pylons

Article 1519 A

…axes.The proceeds of the tax are paid to the beneficiaries mentioned in the second paragraph before 31 December of the current year. Any errors or omissions that are the subject of regularisation afte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Provisions specific to Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Article R910-1

…R. 662-18, R. 670-1 to R. 670-7, and Title IX of Book VI;6° Articles R. 711-6, R. 711-18 à R. 711-31, R. 712-24, R. 713-31 to R. 713-63, D. 721-2 à R. 721-4 and R. 721-7 to R. 761-26 as well as the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-33

…ermit, the merger agreement may provide, for the cross-border mergers referred to in Article L. 236-31, for the payment of a cash balance in excess of 10% of the nominal value or, failing that, of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-42

…lowed by the mentions provided for in the first paragraph of Article 2 of the aforementioned Law of 31 December 1990.They must also indicate the address of its registered office, the mention of its re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave

Article R1233-18

…vent of less than ten employees being made redundant within the same thirty-day period, and L. 1233-31 and L. 1233-32, in the event of ten or more employees being made redundant within the same thirty…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-14

…articles R. 5125-15 to R. 5125-24 govern companies formed pursuant to Title I of law no. 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject…

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