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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing of the insurance allowance.

Article L5422-10

Employers' contributions are excluded from the basis of assessment for the contribution mentioned in article L. 136-1 of the Social Security Code. They are deductible from industrial and commercial, a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Formal notice prior to temporary cessation of activity.

Article R4721-10

If the action plan has not been received or at the end of the implementation period set in application of 2° of article R. 4721-6, if the labour inspection officer mentioned in article L. 8112-1 finds…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approval

Article L532-9

I. - Portfolio management companies are legal entities which manage one or more : 1° UCITS ; 2° FIA ; 3° UCITS governed by foreign law and approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the Europ…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-10

The permanent alpine skiing section is made up of the following people: 1° The Director of the Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme, President; 2° A representative of the teaching staff of the Ecole…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-9

…ent of the return decision, the public prosecutor with jurisdiction pursuant to article 34-1 of law n° 95-125 of 8 January 1995 to directly request the police force in order to enforce the decision is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-13

The hours spent by an employee exercising his professional activity outside any establishment, with the exception of the employees mentioned in article D. 1453-2-11, exercising trade union defence fun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-90

The committees referred to in Article L. 511-89 are made up of members of the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions who do not exercis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-10

For the application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, opened for signature in New York on 10 January 2000, may be prosecuted and tried under the condit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2143-9

In order to prove that he is not in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in article L. 2141-3, the candidate shall produce his unique identification number enabling the purchaser to access the rele…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Electorate

Article R2122-10

Employees affiliated to a supplementary pension institution belonging to the Association générale des institutions de retraite des cadres (General Association of Supplementary Pension Institutions for…

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