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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-21

The request for authorisation to terminate the employment contract of a member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee or of a local representative by individual or collective agr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Commission for access to non-identifying data and the identity of third-party donors

Article R2143-2

The commission referred to in article L. 2143-6 is called the Commission for Access to Third Party Donor Data by Persons Born of Medically Assisted Procreation. The members of the commission are appoi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-2-2

Any insurance undertaking subject to State supervision by virtue of the provisions of the third paragraph (2°) of Article L. 310-1 and which has obtained authorisation to cover civil liability risks a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-210

…ubstantial difference within the meaning of article R. 212-90-1 and 3° of article R. 212-93, likely to exist between the declarant's professional qualification and the professional qualification requi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Substantial difference

Article A212-216

…declarant's professional qualification and the professional qualification required on national territory is assessed with reference to the training for the state diploma for youth, popular education a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Income tax, corporation tax and taxes referred to in Chapter III

Article 247

Profits, determined in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 57, from the operation of communication satellites located at geostationary orbital positions which are not owned by such und…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Income tax, corporation tax and taxes referred to in Chapter III

Article 246

…hips or aircraft are exempt from tax provided that a reciprocal and equivalent exemption is granted to French companies of the same nature. The terms of the exemption and the taxes included in the exe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 295

…that the document was written or signed by the person who denied it, that person shall be sentenced to a civil fine of a maximum of 10,000 euros without prejudice to any damages that may be claimed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 292

If a technician is called in, he or she may be authorised by the judge to collect the contested document and the comparison documents against a signature or to have them sent to him or her by the cour…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 288

It is for the judge to carry out the handwriting verification in the light of the elements available to him after having, if necessary, enjoined the parties to produce any documents to be compared wit…

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