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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article A812-17

The oral tests comprise:1° A thirty-minute test comprising a ten-minute presentation on a subject of economic and financial culture followed by a discussion with the jury.Candidates have one hour to p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Multiannual contract of objectives and resources

Article R5213-64

I.-The multiannual contract of objectives and resources referred to in Article L. 5213-13-1 includes: 1° A presentation of the structure's economic and social project aimed at promoting access to empl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4311-54

I. - The councils of the Order are elected for a six-year term by direct suffrage in a single-round majority binominal election, half of which is renewed every three years. Each pair is made up of can…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-10

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this section and subject to the legislative provisions and rules of organisation and operation under private law which are specific to them, the provisions o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-300

For proceedings opened on or after 1 January 2006, the following information is not made available to the public: 1° Judgements handed down in safeguard proceedings in the event of closure of the proc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5842-4

…to the adaptations provided for in II to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-6 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 5211-7 with the exception of I bis Law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Payroll tax

Article 231

…nditions of competition.1 bis. (Repealed).1 ter. (Repealed for remuneration received from 1 January 2002).2. (Repealed).2 bis. The rate of payroll tax provided for in 1 is increased from 4.25% to 8.50…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Offering of banking transactions to individuals resident in France by credit institutions having their registered office in a state that is on the list of states receiving official development assistance and that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L318-2

…reement between the institutions. In particular, it specifies the type of banking transactions that may be offered;5° All banking transactions are carried out in the State in which the credit institut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-6

…Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6 shall apply in Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021;2° Articles L. 1131-1, L. 1131-1-1, L. 1131-1-2, L. 1131-1-3, L. 1131…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3351-1

…ted by the State with a public administrative service mission, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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