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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

…the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and Law no. 83-657 of 20 July 1983 on the development o…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article D133-60

…entioned in article L. 133-17 and which have a tourist population are set by decree no. 91-875 of 6 September 1991 taken for the application of the first paragraph of article 88 of law no. 84-53 of 26…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Submission and processing of visa and travel authorisation applications

Article R312-1

…conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 September 2018 on the establishment of a European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: International cooperation and information exchange

Article D784-21

…the wording resulting from the decreeD. 632-1-1n° 2007-904 of 15 May 2007D. 632-1No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 632-4no. 2008-1480 of 30 December 2008D. 632-5No. 2010-1715 of 29 December 2010

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-3-1

…his mandate; 6° Dismissal of an employee in disregard of the protections mentioned in articles L. 1225-71 and L. 1226-13. The compensation is due without prejudice to the payment of salary, where this…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2691-1

…t-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, when the unemployment rate for young people under the age of 25 for the last known year in the territory in question is equal to or higher than the unemployment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-6

…ng carrying on the operations referred to in 2° or 3° of Article L. 310-1 may be represented, up to 25% of its amount, by the acquisition costs deferred in respect of this contract, net of reinsurers'…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 B

…ment zones defined in II of the same Article 44 septdecies that they have created between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the y…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R211-1-1

…the application of B of II and III of article L. 211-2, the travel service whose value is at least 25% of the value of the combination represents a significant part.

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

Article R421-10

The internal regulations referred to in article R. 421-25 specify the obligations of insurance undertakings for the application of articles R. 421-4 to R. 421-9.

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