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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers

Article R6331-45

The General Economic and Financial Controller of the State for the Comité de concertation et de coordination de l'apprentissage du bâtiment et des travaux publics (Building and Public Works Apprentice…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…riority development zones defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 and that carry out an industrial, commercial or craft activity within the meaning of Art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-41

…e et des familles (Social Action and Family Code) benefits from adoption leave when they adopt or receive a child with a view to adoption by decision of the competent foreign authority, provided that…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Automatic processing of personal data relating to requests for validation of reception certificates

Article R142-49

…/679 of 27 April 2016 and in Article 56 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 does not apply to the processing operations mentioned in Article R. 142-43.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-42-1

Electronic communications service providers shall compensate consumers in the following cases and in accordance with the following rules: 1° In the event of a delay in porting the number, the compensa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-4

…able profits, the latter must be distributed proportionally among the holders of non-voting preference shares. The right to payment of a preferential dividend which has not been paid in full due to in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-14

…ere the commercial development falls under article L. 752-1-1, the project owner must publish a notice of the opening to the public in two regional or local newspapers circulated in the département, a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune.

Article D2573-13-4

In addition, a new supplementary census may not be carried out for the same municipality after the allocation of a new fictitious population in the year following the first allocation and preceding th…

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

Article R3123-19-4

The member of the departmental council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training sends the manager of the fund mentioned in articl…

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

Article R4135-19-4

A member of the regional council who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training shall send the manager of the fund mentioned in Article…

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