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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article R742-10

…provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…the medicinal products and products mentioned in this chapter;4° The procedures for submitting applications for the marketing authorisation provided for in article L. 5121-8, the content of the dossie…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

A redundancy for economic reasons is a redundancy carried out by an employer for one or more reasons not inherent in the person of the employee, resulting from the elimination or transformation of a j…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article L300-2

I.-The following are applicable in the territories of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The delegated acts provided for in Articles 17, 31, 35, 37, 50, 56, 75, 86, 92, 97, 99, 109a, 11…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-14-1

…n tax status may decide to entrust the latter, under the conditions provided for by article L. 5211-17, with the implementation of the provisions relating to the training of elected representatives pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-1

…iation, the conclusion or performance of a contract, is liable and obliged to compensate the damage caused: 1° Obtaining or attempting to obtain from the other party an advantage corresponding to no c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° sexies : Redynamising employment areas

Article 1383 H

…tax system decides otherwise under the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A bis, properties located in the employment areas defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°f: Defence restructuring zones

Article 1383 I

…ed for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties the properties located in the defence restructuring zones defined in 1° and 2° of 3 ter of the article 42 of law no.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter D

…sonal data processing, the due diligence necessary to identify: 1° Sellers or service providers who carry out one or more of the transactions referred to in I of Article 1649 ter A and, where applicab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-14

…l per inhabitant of the municipality defined in article L. 2334-4 ;2° Ratio between the average per capita income of the municipalities in the Ile-de-France region and the per capita income of the mun…

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