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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Use and maintenance of work equipment

Article R4323-15

When transmissions, mechanisms and work equipment with moving parts likely to present a risk are in operation, workers may not be allowed to check, inspect, clean, deburr, lubricate, adjust, repair or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: In-company vocational re-education agreement

Article R5213-15

I.-The agreement referred to in I of article L. 5213-3-1 defines the total amount of remuneration received by the employee in respect of the salary paid on behalf of the employer and the daily allowan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Partial deductibility of the general social contribution

Article 154 quinquies

I. - For the determination of income tax bases, the contribution provided for in article L. 136-1 of the Social Security Code in respect of earned income and replacement income or that relating to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-1

…cation of sustainable investment and sustainability risk information and amending Directive (EU) 2016/2341, portfolio management companies shall include information on the risks associated with climat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-15

…e showing the outstanding loans guaranteed by the local authority as well as the repayment schedule;6° A list of public service delegatees;7° An appendix showing all the financial commitments of the l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of tax officials responsible for certain criminal investigation missions

Article R15-33-29-5

…responsible for the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities or their representatives; 6° Where the agents are assigned to the Ministry of the Interior, the Director General of the Nation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 B

…number of megawatts installed in each electricity production unit using mechanical wind energy on 1 January of the tax year. It is not due the year the unit is commissioned.The annual rate of the tax…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-15

Articles R. 1434-13 to R. 1434-18, R. 1434-21, R. 1434-22 and R. 1434-24 to R. 1434-27 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-15

…financial situation of metropolitan Lyon, provided for in 1° of the first paragraph of article L. 3661-15, include the following ratios: 1° Real operating expenditure/population; 2° Real operating re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-220-1

Within the register, the entities listed in 1° to 6° of Article R. 123-220 are referred to as legal units.Within the register, an establishment is any place where the legal unit carries out all or par…

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