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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Public holidays

Article R3164-2

…4° Cafés, tobacconists and public houses; 5° Bakeries 6° Pastry shops 7° Butchers 8° Delicatessen; 9° Cheese and cream shops; 10° Fishmongers; 11° Shops selling natural flowers, garden centres and gr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-17

In the cases referred to in Articles R. 1454-12 and R. 1454-13, the case is referred to a subsequent hearing of the Judgement Committee in its restricted composition. The court clerk will notify by an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751

…Repealed). 2. In all cases where a breach of the invoicing rules as provided for in articles L. 441-9 and L. 443-3 of the French Commercial Code (1), the offender's business may be sequestered until t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains realised by individuals

Article 248 F

…50-0 A are not applicable in the context of the transactions provided for in 1° of Article 5 of Law no. 86-793 of 2 July 1986 and Title IV of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la libe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R312-2

…hire purchase, a description of the goods hired and the price to be paid in the event of purchase; 9° Any security required; 10° Except in the case of a lease with a purchase option, the borrowing ra…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXXVII: Tax credit for organic farming

Article 244 quater L

…sion to organic farming or aid for maintaining organic farming, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural developm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-15

…out the project in application of article L. 1123-6, if the investigator does not already have one; 9° The investigator's brochure referred to in article R. 1123-20, together with the references of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-19

The High Council is subject to the provisions of ordonnance no. 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 relating to public contracts.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article R49-37

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 49-38, where a request for information from a competent department of one of the Member States of the European Union or of one of the non-Member States mentione…

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