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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific measures applicable to establishments and products

Article L521-16

…or declaration required by the regulations applicable to that product, the administrative authority may order by decree the suspension of its placing on the market and its withdrawal until it has been…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-16

…of Part Two relating to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicable to members of the community council subject to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-16

…training in masso-kinésithérapique practice. Additional personal work is estimated at approximately 3,220 hours. The total student workload is 6,670 hours. The programme and organisation of the traini…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 A

…owever, none of the expenses deductible from overall income pursuant to the provisions of this code may be deducted.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Succession of contracts.

Article L6222-16

…ct, a fixed-term contract or a temporary employment contract with the same company, no trial period may be imposed, unless otherwise stipulated in the collective bargaining agreement.The duration of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-16

…proceedings. The parties shall be heard at their request or at the request of the Commission. They may be assisted or represented by a person of their choice. The Commission may hear the expert(s) it…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-1

…notified of the decision to refuse, suspend or withdraw authorisation, the judicial police officer may ask the public prosecutor to withdraw the decision. The public prosecutor must give a ruling wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds

Article L214-163

…is sub-section.II. - Company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies may have sub-funds, under conditions specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exemptions granted by the labour inspector

Article R4228-16

…ed for in this section or, for disabled workers, in accordance with Article R. 4225-7, the employer may ask the Labour Inspector to exempt him from some of these obligations.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Tax for the development of vocational training in the car, cycle and motorbike repair trades

Article 1609 sexvicies

…e to invoicing to third parties.Companies that benefit from the exemption provided for in article 293 B are exempt from the tax.The proceeds of this tax contribute to the development of vocational tra…

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