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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…code; 10° Employee appointed under the conditions provided for in articles L. 2232-23-1 and L. 2232-26, in companies without a trade union representative;11° Member of the board or administrator of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-2

…>L. 233-5 of the same code; 2° An employee seconded under the conditions set out in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 of this code and working regularly and habitually for an employer established in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…ing mentioned in the last paragraph of I.When a commune ceases to be eligible for the allocation in 2017, the departmental envelope is increased over the following four financial years by an amount eq…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-2

…not involve any right of way on the public domain; 4° Subject to the provisions of l'article L. 145-26 to leases of premises or buildings belonging to the State, local authorities and public establish…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

…in Article 4(1) 73 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall be consistent with the economic strategy, objectives, values and long-term intere…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-22

…owing conditions:1° Be co-written by at least two authors of different nationalities;2° Be at least 26 minutes in length per episode;3° Not be the subject of an option contract or an audiovisual produ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Management and training

Article R4462-28

…including heads of department, workshop, laboratory or site managers mentioned in Article R. 4462-26, is provided during normal working hours. The aim of this training is to maintain and improve the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Business value added tax

Article 1679 septies

Companies whose business value added contribution for the year preceding the year of taxation exceeds €1,500 must pay:- no later than 15 June of the year of taxation, a first instalment equal to 50% o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17

The rules of the company savings plan provide that part of the sums collected may be allocated to the acquisition of units in funds invested, within the limits provided for in article L. 214-164 of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-27

…nts in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, concerning the establishment of Eurodac for the comparison of fingerprints for the eff…

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