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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Age requirements

Article R6222-1-1

In application of the third paragraph of article L. 6222-1, young people who reach the age of fifteen before the end of the calendar year may be enrolled, under school status, in a vocational lycée or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operations.

Article R513-7

…ss it is a public sector entity within the meaning of Article 116 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of 26 June 2013 which is not a credit institution, nor by a subsidiary of its parent undertaking, nor b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies G bis

…of expenses actually incurred for the work mentioned in II of this article, adopted from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019 at a general meeting of co-owners in application of Act no. 65-557 du 10 ju…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: PROPERTY AND STAFF

Article L3651-3

…individual basis, the benefits acquired in application of the third paragraph of article 111 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service.The I bis o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…der 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-2-2 Order 2016-1635 of 1 December 2016 L. 561-2-3 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 561-3 with the exception of its VI, L. 561-4 and L. 561-4-1 Ord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-4

…the same article 131-35; 3° A ban on civic rights, in accordance with the provisions of article 131-26 of the same code; 4° Temporary or permanent disqualification from practising one or more regulate…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L574-5

…e Criminal Code and partial deprivation of civil and civic rights provided for in 2° of Article 131-26 of the same Code. Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions provided for by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-5

Companies that prepare consolidated accounts in accordance with articles L. 233-18 to L. 233-26 may, under the conditions set out in article L. 123-17 and notwithstanding article L. 123-18, register t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R281-5

…cial Security Code are replaced by the reference to the benefits mentioned in article 20-1 of order no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health in Mayotte; 2° Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article L2333-27

…elopment powers includes at least one mountain municipality mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 2333-26, all the member municipalities may transfer to this public establishment all or part of the tax t…

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