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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R6123-3-2

…y article L. 6123-4 ; 2° The regional initial vocational training map referred to in article L. 214-13-1 of the Education Code, excluding apprenticeships;3° The programmes relating to the regional pub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…he manufacturer or importer in accordance with the conditions and deadlines set out in Article L. 3513-10; 7° Failure by a manufacturer or importer of a vaping product to send the annual declaration f…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R596-3

…After the reference to Article R. 521-9, the reference to Article R. 521-13 is inse…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article A311-6

…f its organisation or the difficulty of assigning activities to specific entities within the group; 13° Where the assessment also covers a mixed insurance group company, the impact of the implementati…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-2

…ember States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of the Republic";2° In article L. 2113-5, the word "other" is deleted;3° In article L. 2113-8, the word "other" is deleted;4° In article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R5315-3

…s committees mentioned in article R. 5315-5 ; 12° The annual activity report and the social report; 13° The initial budget, employment authorisations and any amendments thereto; 14° The annual account…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Preliminary provisions

Article R92

…on and audiovisual broadcasting of judgments, rulings and court orders incurred pursuant to article 131-35 of the Criminal Code;9° Expenses resulting from acts carried out for the execution of judicia…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2b: Companies located in urban tax-free zones - entrepreneurial areas

Article 44 octies A

I. - Taxpayers who, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, create activities in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in the B du 3 de l'article 42 de la loi n° 95-115 of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…the stay-at-home mother's allowance and the childcare allowance, maintained under Articles 12 and 13 of Law no. 77-765 of 12 July 1977 instituting the family supplement, the disabled adults' allowan…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 4

…equal to or exceeding the amount fixed by regulation above which they must be in writing (11) (12) (13) (14) (11) The content of public contracts subject to the obligation to be in writing, as well as…

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