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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Relationship between collective bargaining agreements and employment contracts.

Article L2254-2

…e company or with a view to preserving or developing employment, a collective performance agreement may :- adjust working hours and the way in which they are organised and distributed ;- adjust remune…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-4

…taking puts an end to the irregular situation. The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may also refer the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordanc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-3

…whose investment is recognised by the French Polynesian authorities as a direct economic investment may be issued with the corresponding residence permit. " 19° In Article R. 421-37, the reference to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of the opening of the laboratory and changes to its operation

Article D6222-6

I.-No later than eight months before the planned date of opening of the medical biology laboratory, the legal representative of the laboratory shall send the declaration provided for in the first para…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies

…31-1 of the same code; 5° A social rental loan is defined as a regulated loan granted after 8 March 2001 to finance social rental housing, the construction, acquisition or improvement of which is not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2224-1

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…ich the contract or the document intended for public information provided for in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 or any equivalent document required for admission to foreign regulated mar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L364-2

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° References to the mayor of the commune and to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the district chief; 2° With the exception…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-2

…both cases, the compensation provided for in I of D of the article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998) ; g) The extended tax potential mobilisation coefficient, calculate…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…are investigated, recorded and prosecuted in the same way as for indirect taxation. These offences may be investigated and recorded by criminal investigation officers acting in accordance with the pr…

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