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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1731

1. Gives rise to the application of a 5% surcharge for any delay in the payment of sums that must be paid to the tax administration accountants in respect of taxes other than those mentioned in Articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: French Office of Immigration and Integration

Article R121-28

…in article L. 822-2;4° Donations, bequests and gifts of any kind that it is called upon to receive;5° Advances and subsidies from the State or other public bodies;6° Financial income resulting from t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single subsection: Organisation and operation

Article R121-33

…the establishment;2° The activity report;3° The budget and its amendments;4° The financial account;5° Donations and legacies;6° Proposed purchases, exchanges, sales or leases of buildings.It adopts i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Researchers

Article R421-31

…urces;4° The foreign national no longer has a hosting agreement concluded in the first Member State;5° The foreign national's host entity was created with the main aim of facilitating the entry of for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-3

The public body is headed by a Director General appointed by decree, after consultation with the Conseil national de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles. It is administered…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-295

The Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies) requests that the National Register of Companies record the following in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Traders.

Article R128-4

…ed; 3° The court that issued the order; 4° The date on which the order was issued and its duration; 5° Where applicable, the company name or trading name, the address of the registered office and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article D1115-3

…ion as that where the head office of this agreement is located; 4° Of the duration of the contract; 5° Of the delimitation of the geographical area covered by the grouping. Any amendments to the const…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Training

Article D1442-3

…the agreement; 3° The number of training days per trainee per year; 4° The duration of each course; 5° The teaching and technical resources used; 6° The estimated overall financial assistance from the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and organisation of the Referee Panel

Article R1455-2

The General Meeting of the industrial tribunal appoints each year, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 1423-3, L. 1423-5, R. 1423-11 and R. 1423-12, the employer industrial tribunal membe…

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