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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Companies with fifty or more employees.

Article L2143-3

…ntative trade union organisation in the company or establishment of at least fifty employees, which forms a trade union section, appoints from among the candidates in the professional elections who ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3512-7

…for activities of influence or representation of interests; 3° Benefits in kind or in cash, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, the value of which exceeds €10, provided to : a) Members of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R323-12

I.-The participation of an insurance undertaking in a trust contract formed for the purpose of reorganisation pursuant to Article L. 311-41 is valued for the purposes of Article R. 351-1 as a particip…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-1

…rance company or landlord participating in the scheme. The annual accounts of each section take the form of a balance sheet, an income statement and notes to the accounts. The accounts of each of thes…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article R321-26

…natural person, their surname, first name, address and telephone number and, if they are subject to formalities for registration in the Trade and Companies Register or in the National Register of Comp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-28

…n invention which is the subject of a patent application, including when the latter is filed in the form of a provisional application, shall be addressed to the Director of the National Institute of I…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Overall effective rate

Article R314-2

…d. The ratio is calculated, where applicable, to at least one decimal place.If the credit takes the form of an opening of drawing rights intended to finance the needs of a professional activity, the o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article R521-2

…rdered cumulatively. Dissemination or posting may relate to all or part of the measure, or take the form of a press release informing the public of the reasons for and details of the measure. The diss…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Contributions to a company, legal entity or grouping

Article 809

I. - Subject to the provisions of I of l'article 257 :1° Deeds of formation of companies or economic interest groupings which do not contain a transfer of movable or immovable property, between the pa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1389

…odged within the time limit specified in article R*. 196-5 of the Book of Tax Procedures and in the forms provided for by that same Book.III. - The tax relief provided for in the first paragraph of I…

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