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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-32

Once the number of seats on the management body concerned has been determined under the conditions set out in Article L. 2353-31, the European Company Committee shall ensure that they are allocated in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-9

…erogatives defined in articles L. 4241-1 and L. 4243-1. The "brevet de préparateur" obtained before 31st December 1985, by persons preparing on 1st January 1978 the said "brevet" and by those who bega…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-98

…operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments must complete and send electronically, by 31 May 2022 at the latest, the form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation.

Article R237-15

…L. 237-25, as well as II of article L. 237-27. The president of the commercial court, ruling in summary proceedings, is competent to take the decisions provided for in article L. 237-28 and by the se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial chambers of commerce and industry and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-3

I.-The representatives referred to in articles L. 713-1 and L. 713-2 must hold office in the company either as chairman and chief executive officer, chairman or member of the board of directors, chief…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 A

I. - New constructions allocated to the principal dwelling and financed to the extent of more than 50% by means of loans assisted by the State, as provided for in Articles L. 301-1 et seq. of the Cons…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 H

…rate tax mentioned in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to radio stations whose power requires a notice, agreement or declaration to the Agence nationale des fréquences pursuant to Article L. 43 of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

I. - In each department, based on an assessment of the coherence of the perimeters and an inventory of the distribution of the competences of the existing groupings and their exercise, a departmental…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER III: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

Article L133-1

…n Safety Agency, or Regulation (EC) No 550/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 March 2004 on the provision of air navigation services in the Single European Sky, are subject to co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

…2021-1017 of 2 August 2021;5° Articles L. 2212-1 and L. 2212-5, as amended by Law no. 2022-295 of 2 March 2022.

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