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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Non-profit associations, public interest foundations and companies authorised to carry out certain banking transactions.

Article R518-64

The committee comprises the following members1° Three representatives of the Minister for the Economy, including one member of the Inspectorate General of Finance;2° Two representatives of the Ministe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-2

A rights holder may object to an approved collective management organisation of which he is not a member issuing exploitation authorisations on his behalf. This objection may be notified to the approv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article D3332-8-1

The employer's unilateral payment for the acquisition of shares or investment certificates issued by the company benefits all members who satisfy the seniority conditions, if any, set out in the plan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-8-3

I.-The public prosecutor competent to issue the authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of II of Article 529-4 is the public prosecutor at the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the ope…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Mobility vouchers

Article R3261-13-8

Under the responsibility of the issuer, the sums credited to the mobility voucher accounts provided for in articles L. 3261-6 and L. 3261-7 may be temporarily invested, provided that their initial nom…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-6

…l service or, where they are part of the local civil service, in application of Article 1 of decree n° 2001-623 of 12 July 2001 taken for the application of l'article 7-1 de la loi n° 84-53 du 26 janv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-8-2

I. - The income tax report provided for in Article L. 232-6 is presented using a model and machine-readable electronic return formats published by order of the Minister responsible for the economy. II…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies A

The gross monthly salary and the residence allowance received by the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister and the other members of the Government pursuant to I of article 14 of the amending f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-8-1

Examination committees, which may include the specialist examiners referred to in article A. 822-8, present to the selection board, under whose authority they are placed, proposals for marking candida…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements for agencies

Article L1432-6

The agency's resources are made up of : 1° A subsidy from the State ; 2° Contributions from health insurance schemes, the amount and distribution of which among the schemes are set each year by order…

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