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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial allocations paid by France Compétences

Article R6123-25

I.-France Compétences allocates, each year, the proceeds of employers' contributions paid to it under 2°, 3° and 4° of I of Article L. 6131-1, less the payment referred to in Article R. 6123-24, and d…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-8

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 233-1 and L. 233-2, residence permits issued by the representative of the State in Mayotte, with the exception of permits issued in application of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: GUARANTEES GRANTED TO LOCAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

Article L1881-1

…ratifiant les ordonnances n° 2021-45 du 20 janvier 2021 et n° 2021-71 du 27 janvier 2021 portant réforme de la formation des élus locauxL. 1621-4Ordinance no. 2021-45 of 20 January 2021 reforming the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discipline of athletes and trainees

Article R114-15

I.-The director of the centre may impose a disciplinary sanction on any athlete or trainee who contravenes the rules governing the operation of the establishment set out in the centre's internal regul…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-155

…the provisions of this Book, the articles of tontines must specify: 1° The conditions governing the formation and duration of associations in the event of survival and of associations in the event of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-3

…judicial police officer and the department or unit within which he or she will be called upon to perform them on a regular basis. It also specifies whether, during a previous assignment, the person ha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-19

…ctors and job categories, the balance between professional and personal life, the prevention of all forms of violence against employees in the workplace and the fight against all forms of harassment.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Treatment of losses incurred before joining the group

Article 223 I

…absorbed parent company or to that of the member companies of the group which has ceased and which form part of the new group or to that of the member companies of the group which has ceased and whic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-38

The application for revision may only be made at least three years after the date on which the tenant took up residence or after the starting point of the renewed lease. The revision of the rent takes…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-4

Within two months of publication of the application for registration, an opposition may be filed with the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle against an application…

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