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Showing 55215530 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-12-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7123-4-1, models recognised as service providers established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-8

The sums entered in an automatic account must be invested by the account holder within one of the time limits set as follows for each category of aid concerned:1° In the case of automatic financial su…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Lapse of sums held in an automatic account

Article 123-9

At the end of the applicable period, the amounts affected by the lapse are withdrawn from the automatic account.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3121-12

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3121-11: 1° The way on-call duty is organised and the compensation for it are set by the employer, after consulting the social and economic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies

I. - The provisions of this article apply to commercial, industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activities carried out on a professional basis.II. - Capital gains on disposals subject to the regim…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 sexies

I. - The capital gain realised in the context of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity is calculated, if the property sold has been included in the taxpayer's private asse…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest

Article R752-1

The administrative authority competent to place a foreign national seeking asylum under house arrest pursuant to article L. 752-1 is the département prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article L785-12

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-15

An approved modelling agency that hires a child must provide the child and the child's legal representatives with an explanatory notice, in return for a receipt, specifying: 1 How the agency operates;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-16

The approved modelling agency records in a special register: 1 The identity and address of the children selected or employed as well as those of their legal representatives; 2 The date, place and time…

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