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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 C

…ribed period any of the declarations mentioned in article 1406, article 1496 ter, in III of article 1518 ter and in VI of article 146 of law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 shall…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-8

…ere the visa application was submitted, under the conditions laid down respectively in Articles 13, 15, 16 and 18 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law no. 78-1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-58

The rights of access and rectification provided for by Articles 15 and 16 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Articles 49 and 50 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 may be exercised wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Grading and promotion

Article L821

…to become vacant during the year plus 50%. The list must be drawn up by the appointing authority by 15 December at the latest to take effect on the following 1 January. It ceases to be valid at the en…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Prior formalities

Article R2-1

…h a view to drawing up the preparatory list mentioned in article R. 2, the mayor shall send, before 15 April, to the persons drawn by lot: 1° A notice containing the information or particulars provide…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier.

Article R513-14

…finance companies linked to a société de crédit foncier by a contract referred to in Article L. 513-15 shall identify the staff and resources required to collect debts and apply the contracts held by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-49

…proceedings. Under the same conditions, the claims entered on the list mentioned in Article R. 622-15 or article R. 641-39 and which have not been rejected are entered by the registrar on the stateme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Transfers of personnel and property for the installation of departmental fire and rescue services (R)

Article R1425-1

…amount of fire and rescue expenditure. Failing this, the procedure provided for in article R. 1425-15 shall be applied.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing staff representatives

Article R3123-1

The assessment of part-time work provided for in Article L. 3123-15 covers in particular : 1° The number, gender and qualifications of the employees concerned, as well as the part-time working hours a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Use of the vocational training account

Article R4163-22

…des dépôts et consignations provides the body mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 4163-15 with the certificate provided for in article R. 432-9-6 of the Social Security Code. The terms of…

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