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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

…he undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 2 January 2017 and 1 January 2018; c) No later than 22 weeks after the end of the company's financial year, for financial years endi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-17

…sporting events approved by the administrative authority and any association mentioned in articles 48-1, 48-4, 48-5 or 48-6 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press, and which has been r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Employee information

Article L1233-57-10

…the various possible takeover models, in particular through the companies provided for by law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of cooperative production companies, as well as the right of sta…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Insurance against technological disasters

Article L128-1

…ned by the Convention on Third Party Liability in the Field of Nuclear Energy signed in Paris on 29 July 1960. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the conditions of application of this articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231 bis Q

…mentioned in 1 of I of article 155 B paid to persons whose employment in France began on or after 6 July 2016 are exempt from payroll tax for the amount resulting from the application of the same 1. F…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9-3

…ordance with paragraph 14 of Article 7 and Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1435/2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society (SCE), the transfer of the registered of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-5

…t-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle. In these departments, article 33 of the local professional code of 26 July 1900 remains in force: a) For pubs the opening of which is not prohibited by articles L. 3332-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-2

…ee is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to combat the epidemic linked t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Speech therapists.

Article L4341-6

…of the qualifications mentioned in article L. 4341-2 and who had applied for authorisation before 1 July 1972.

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

Article R532-26

…ed by one of the exclusion clauses in sections D, E and F of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 or in Article L. 512-2.The parties shall be given a period in which to submit their obse…

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