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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for approval

Article R1253-20

The application for approval must be accompanied by the information and documents listed at 1° to 5° of article D. 1253-1, as well as the collective agreement that the employers' group intends to appl…

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In force

Article Annexe 1-4

ANNEX TO ARTICLE D. 123-321I.-The amounts of the fees payable to the keeper of the National Register of Companies by the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 123-36, pursuant to II of Article L. 123-…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-5-1

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of shows, the points in the scale are divided between five groups, under the following conditions: I.-A maximum number of 31 points is alloca…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-5-2

An integration enterprise may conclude open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-10-5 up to a limit of 20% of the number of full-time integration workstations set out in the agreement. By…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions applicable to distance contracts

Article L221-11

Where the contract is concluded at a distance, the trader shall provide the consumer, in a legible and comprehensible manner, with the information provided for in Article L. 221-5 or makes them availa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-5

The objection provided for in the first paragraph of I of article L. 134-4, the objection provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 134-5 and the request for withdrawal provided for in the fir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4364-11-2

The following are laid down by order of the Minister for Health: 1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation; 2° The composition of the aptitude test panel…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies A

I. - Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies, other than those mentioned in III, realised in the course of a commercial, industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activity…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-11

I. - For the operations of each company mentioned in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and of each supplementary occupational pension fund mentioned in Article L. 381-1, in respect of insurance, capitalisation o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-5

No one may be entered on the list by the commission unless he or she meets the following conditions: 1° Be French or a national of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the A…

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