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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee

Article L2412-5

The termination of the fixed-term employment contract of a member of the staff delegation of the inter-company social and economic committee before expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Natural sweet wines

Article 416

The designation of "vin doux naturel" is reserved for wines whose production is traditional and customary:Vinified directly by the harvesting producers and made exclusively from their harvests of musc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F sexies

The departmental council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of land registration tax or registration fees by up to 0.70% where the following conditions are met:1° The transfer is part of a transact…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Unavailability of sums, early release and liquidation.

Article L3332-25

Except in the cases listed in the Conseil d'Etat decree provided for in article L. 3324-10, shares or units acquired on behalf of employees and former employees are delivered to them at the end of a m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-6

…erned before reaching a decision on equivalence, in accordance with the criteria set out in Article 380 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. That decision may not con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 78

People summoned by a judicial police officer for the purposes of an investigation are obliged to appear. The judicial police officer may, with the prior authorisation of the public prosecutor, compel…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-14

The amount of a direct allocation awarded in application of article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Events subject to authorisation

Article A331-21

If the itinerary of the event referred to in article A. 331-20 includes one or more liaison sections within the meaning of article R. 331-18, the application for authorisation must also include a list…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Determining the scope of application of agreements.

Article L2222-1

Collective labour agreements, hereinafter referred to as "agreements" in this book, determine their territorial and professional scope of application. The professional scope is defined in terms of eco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L490-9

For the application of Articles 81 to 83 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Minister responsible for the Economy and the officials designated or empowered by him in accordance with…

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