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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Leave for employees standing for or elected to parliamentary or local office.

Article L3142-79

…yee's request, up to a maximum of ten working days to an employee who is a candidate for :1° to the European Parliament ;2° to the municipal council ;3° Departmental council or regional council;4° to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on the presence of substances or products causing allergies or intolerances

Article R412-12

…rived from a substance or product listed in Annex II to amended Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food information to co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article R221-4

…minutes of shareholders' meetings are certified by a single manager. During the liquidation of the company, their certification shall be carried out by a single liquidator.The certification may be ca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment credit institutions

Article L775-10

…g resulting fromL. 516-1 Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions adapting to European Union law in the fields of the economy, health, labour, transport and agricultureL. 516-2Or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article R511-26

…mation referred to in Articles L. 511-98 and L. 511-99 published by credit institutions and finance companies, under the conditions defined by order of the Minister responsible for the economy, and us…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Territorial jurisdiction

Article R1412-5

When an employee is temporarily seconded on national territory by a company established in another Member State of the European Union, disputes relating to the rights recognised in the matters listed…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXIII bis: Taxation of capital gains realised by individuals or companies who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes

Article 244 bis B

…icle 244 bis A, the gains mentioned in article 150-0 A resulting from the transfer or redemption of company rights mentioned in f of I of article 164 B, made by individuals who are not domiciled in Fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-13-2

Disciplinary powers are exercised by a National Disciplinary Commission, which is chaired by a president of a chamber of the Cour de cassation, appointed by the first president of the Cour de cassatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-4

…my decides whether to grant the guarantee provided for in article R. 442-11-1, after consulting the Commission des garanties et du crédit au commerce extérieur, on the basis of at least one of the fol…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Transfers of charges and income between the Rhône department and the Lyon metropolitan authority

Article L3663-6

The local commission in charge of evaluating the charges and resources transferred from the Rhône department calculates the theoretical metropolitan net savings rate that would result from the transfe…

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