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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-20

If the judge finds at the hearing to open the personal recovery proceedings with judicial liquidation that the debtor is clearly in the situation defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 742-21,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1679

The sums owed by employers in respect of the payroll tax referred to in article 231 must be remitted to the competent public accountant under the conditions and within the time limits that are set by…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D446-5

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D445-5

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R836-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless other…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R835-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article L3661-1

The budget of the Metropole of Lyon is the act by which the annual revenue and expenditure of the local authority are forecast and authorised. The budget voted on must be balanced in terms of expendit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L633-7

For the purposes of exercising their respective functions, the competent authorities may exchange information relating to regulated entities in a financial conglomerate with the central banks of the M…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee information.

Article L3332-7-1

The person responsible for keeping the register of administrative accounts provides all beneficiaries of an employee savings plan with an annual statement of account including the choice of allocation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: The right to support for young people towards employment and independence

Article L5131-6-1

All recipients of the allowance referred to in article L. 5131-6 are automatically eligible, provided they do not receive a parental or third-party guarantee, for the public guarantee scheme set up fo…

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