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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-10

…n of the société de libre partenariat shall determine the duration of the accounting periods, which may not exceed twelve months. However, the first financial year may extend over any period not excee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions common to annual and five-yearly negotiations

Article L2241-17

The annual and five-yearly negotiations provided for in Articles L. 2241-8 and L. 2241-15 also aim to define and plan measures to eliminate pay differentials between women and men.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-21

…R. 713-13 : a) The first paragraph reads as follows: "The commission provided for in Article L. 713-17, known as the election organisation commission, competent to organise, in the constituency of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1671

…ly and of the whole inheritance together, and each has sold only the share which he had in it, they may separately exercise the action of redemption on the portion which belonged to them;And the purch…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-5

…esting to compliance with the conditions applicable to them pursuant to I and II of Article L. 3332-17-1 and Articles R. 3332-21-1 and R. 3332-21-2.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-16

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 221-12, a trader who contacts a consumer by telephone with a view to concluding a contract for the sale of goods or the provision of a service shall i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
h: Cash subscriptions to the capital of approved small-scale fishing finance companies

Article 163 duovicies

…id for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies mentioned in article 238 bis HO made before 1 January 2009 is deductible from overall net income; this deduction may not exceed 25% of this income…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Provisions specific to insurance and reinsurance undertakings covered by the Solvency II regime

Article R322-168

…e company within the meaning of article L. 322-3-2. The Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board may also designate one or more natural persons, who are not mentioned in the previous paragraph, in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Usury rates

Article D314-16

…t of resources of credit institutions, the average effective rates observed by the Banque de France may be corrected to take account of this variation. These rates are published no later than forty-fi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Departmental committee for direct taxes and turnover taxes

Article 1651 C

…nd industry or the chambers of trades and crafts with jurisdiction over the same area. The taxpayer may request that one of the taxpayers' representatives be appointed by a national, regional or local…

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