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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax measures

Article D7233-5

Personal services provided in the home are eligible for the aid provided byarticle 199 sexdecies of the French General Tax Code, subject to the following conditions: 1° The total amount of small-scale…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-5

Doctors responsible for collecting nominative medical data or for processing files containing such data are subject to the obligation of secrecy, breach of which is punishable in accordance with artic…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-57

…ciaries; 3° 100 to 199 employees: three beneficiaries; 4° 200 to 499 employees: four beneficiaries; 5° 500 to 999 employees: five beneficiaries; 6° 1,000 to 1,999 employees: six beneficiaries; 7° From…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Scope

Article R3213-5

When the price of acquisitions of real estate, real property rights or businesses made under the rules of ordinary law by the départements and their public establishments gives rise to reinvestment in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to all activities

Article R4424-5

…eyewash and skin antiseptics and, if necessary, eye drops prescribed by the occupational physician; 5° For activities involving the taking, handling and processing of samples of human or animal origin…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: National Coordination Committee

Article R1233-5

…r studies and expertise on risks, the environment, mobility and development) or his representative; 5° The Chief Executive Officer of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations or his representative; It m…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

The investigating judge, the judicial police officer assigned by him or her, or the judicial police officer or investigative assistant acting under the control of that officer, shall transcribe corres…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article A134-5

An interim diversification provision is calculated at least each month in which the profit-sharing account is not closed. It is equal to the difference between the realisable value of the assets deter…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Basic services and basic banking services.

Article D312-5

…address per year;3° Issuing bank identity statements on request;4° Direct debit for bank transfers;5° Monthly statements of account transactions;6° cashing cheques and bank transfers;7° Payments by S…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Classes of affected parts

Article R626-55

The administrator shall notify each affected party by any means that it is a member of a class and shall inform it of the arrangements allowing it to communicate by electronic means. Subject to the pr…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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