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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General rules for taking leave

Article L3142-34

…who has not benefited from any of the schemes mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 3142-28 within the company over the previous six years; 3° The conditions and deadlines mentioned in 5° o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-2

…ay of derogation from the first paragraph, persons who have been approved as radiophysicists before 28 November 2004 may also practise the profession of medical physicist and hold the title of medical…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Transfers by death

Article 641 bis

…transcribed or published deed, provided that the notarised certificates mentioned in 3° of article 28 of decree n° 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration, relating to such property, are…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-44

…of industrial property attorneys or the list of patent attorneys as provided for in l'article 3 du décret n° 76-671 du 13 juillet 1976 modifié relatif à la qualification professionnelle en matière de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VII: Special methods of collecting duties

Article 1723 ter

…26 décembre 1969, soit par voie d'apposition de timbre ou sur état, dans des conditions fixées par décret (1).(1) See Annex III, art. 246, 252.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1146

…mpanied by a translation carried out by an authorised translator within the meaning of article 7 du décret n° 2007-1205 du 10 août 2007. The agreement is filed within fifteen days of the date on which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-319

…entities and professions authorised to know about it pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 2 du décret n° 2019-341 du 19 avril 2019 relatif à la mise en œuvre de traitements comportant l'usage du…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation (R)

Article R1425-6

…ents for inter-municipal cooperation shall take place at the same time as those provided for by the décret n° 96-1005 du 22 novembre 1996 relatif à l'installation des premiers conseils d'administratio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

…R. 2224-11 must enable compliance with the quality objectives applicable to receiving waters by the décret n°91-1283 du 19 décembre 1991, by the water development and management master plan for the ba…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 677

…s the constitution of rights in rem in immovable property referred to in a of 1° of amended article 28 of decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 ; 2° Transfers of use of businesses, customer lists or immo…

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