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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…time matters;15° Défenseur syndical (trade union representative) referred to in article L. 1453-4 ; 16° Member of the commission mentioned in article L. 23-111-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-1

…in Article L. 123-32, the list of which is established by the order provided for in Article R. 123-16; 2° Applications for authorisations required for their activity that companies are required to su…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article R811-28-2

…on and, where applicable, ad hoc mandates or provisional administration ordered on the basis of law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965 laying down the status of co-ownership of built-up properties. The list o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

I. - Where, for an insurance undertaking which does not belong to a group within the meaning of Article L. 356-1, the commitments constituted in respect of the operations governed by this chapter repr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-2

…articles L. 5212-24 à L. 5212-24-2 ; 9° Les articles L. 5214-1 à L. 5214-29 ; 10° Les articles L. 5216-1 à L. 5216-10; 11° Les articles L. 5217-1 à L. 5217-21. III.-For the application to Mayotte of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article LO6214-6

The State and the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy exercise, each insofar as it is concerned, their right of ownership over their public domain and their private domain. The local authority's domain i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…1 and L. 3215-2 shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-998 of 30 July 2021 on the prevention of acts of terrorism and intelligence, subject to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 300

…ring which the tax became payable. II.-The tax is paid under the conditions provided for in article 1693 quater, except by taxpayers subject to the simplified actual taxation regime provided for in ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Monitoring exposure to occupational risk factors

Article D4163-32

…o occupational risk factors and the completeness of the data declared as referred to in article L. 4163-16, employers are required to send or present to the agents referred to in the second paragraph…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…e in respect of 2003 pursuant to article L. 3334-7-1 as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003), increased by 95% of the amount of the general decentralisation a…

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