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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Popular banks.

Article R512-1-2

…nd Banques populaires is taken into account in the application of the provisions of articles L. 612-23-1 and L. 511-51.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Disputes.

Article L7122-27

…tion to public sector employers mentioned in Article L. 5424-1 of the provisions of Article L. 7122-23, relating to compulsory declarations, follow the jurisdictional rules set out in Article L. 5422-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-71

…gency and Working Conditions Committee manages its assets under the conditions set out inarticle L. 2315-23 of the French Labour Code. The committee appoints either the general manager of the agency o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Support for mobility training.

Article R5522-71

…in which to rule on the application for mobility training aid provided for in 2° of article L. 5522-23. If the request remains unanswered for more than one month, the decision is deemed to have been r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1671

…d arrangements provided for in article L. 133-5-6 of the Social Security Code or in article L. 7122-23 of the Labour Code, the withholding tax is paid to the public accountant via the bodies mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Automatic registrations

Article R123-309

…sts from the keeper of the National Business Register, via the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1, for the entry in the file of the company concerned, for each activity falling within the trade…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D13

Officers of the judicial police assist officers of the judicial police in the performance of their duties, strictly limited to the operations prescribed to them and without being able to delegate to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information for the administrative authority and local authorities

Article R1233-15-1

The administrative authority referred to in articles L. 1233-57-13 and L. 1233-57-21 is the Prefect of the département in which the establishment has its registered office. The information and reports…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-34-1

…il of the department which issued the authorisation or gave the opinion provided for in articles R. 2324-20 and R. 2324-22 respectively, and, where applicable, to the board of the establishment or ser…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article D23-10-2

The information provided to employees mentioned in articles L. 23-10-3and L. 23-10-9 may be carried out as follows: 1° During an employee information meeting at the end of which employees sign the att…

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