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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-1

I.-A client or project owner who enters into a contract with a service provider who posts employees, under the conditions mentioned in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2, shall check with the latter, be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-1

Clearing houses are the central counterparties defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterpa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Tax penalties

Article 1738

1. Failure to comply with the obligation to file a tax return and its appendices electronically or to pay tax by bank transfer, electronic settlement or direct debit at the initiative of the Treasury…

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

Article A132-9-6

…the professional bodies provided for in article L. 132-9-4 includes the following information as at 31 December of the previous year: 1° Number of applications by potential beneficiaries of a life ins…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Immovable property liens

Article 2377

…ng remuneration and indemnities:the remuneration, for the last six months, of employees and apprentices; the deferred salary, for the year due and for the current year, instituted by the article L. 32…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-54

For the research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 involving the cell therapy preparations defined in Article L. 1243-1, the sponsor shall report to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L930-1

…below, the following provisions of this code are applicable in New Caledonia: 1° Book I, with the exception of articles L. 123-1-1, L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 131-1 to L. 131-6,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article D214-124

…ons under which such a change of currency unit may be made.II. - When each share of a société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (open-ended real estate investment company) or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

The network referred to in Article R. 1313-1 includes, in particular:1° The French Environment and Energy Management Agency ;2° The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-58

…espect of the financial year during which the options are granted: 1° The company shall, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-186 and articles L. 22-10-56 and L.…

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