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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-15

At least every two years, the ministries and certifying bodies provide the Director General of France Compétences with statistical data on the professional integration of holders of vocational qualifi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-15

The declaration provided for in Article R. 1342-13 includes the following information:1° The existing name or names of the mixture in question ;2° The qualitative and quantitative composition of the m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

I.-The right to object does not apply to this processing pursuant to Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Drawing up the plan

Article R4251-15

The deliberation of the regional council setting the procedures for drawing up the plan provided for in article L. 4251-4 specifies the period within which the persons mentioned in 3° to 6° of I of Ar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-15

The guarantee fund may intervene, even before the criminal courts and even for the first time on appeal, with a view, in particular, to contesting the principle or the amount of the compensation claim…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-151

The franchise agreement (number 150 in table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fee proportional to the total royalties, according to the following scale:Base rates Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 1.645…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-157

The amicable order, with or without receipt (number 158 in table 5), gives rise to the collection of an emolument proportional to the gross assets, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Crystalline silica

Article R4412-154

Where the risk assessment identifies the simultaneous presence of respirable dusts containing crystalline silica and other non-silicogenic respirable dusts, the occupational exposure limit value for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIIc: Tax on precious metals, jewellery, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 150 VJ

The following are exempt from the tax:1° Transfers made to a museum that has been awarded the "musée de France" designation provided for in article L. 441-1 du code du patrimoine ou d'un musée d'une c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Additional tax on certain registration duties

Article 1584 bis

The municipal council may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of the additional tax on registration duties or land registration tax by up to 0.5% for the transfers referred to in 1° of 1 of article 1584…

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