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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R6226-3

I.-The information appearing on the assignment contract in application of article L. 1251-16 is supplemented by the information appearing on the apprentice secondment contract provided for in article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Infringements of the obligation to control access by minors to cinemas

Article R432-3

If a person in charge of the management of a cinema or responsible for controlling access to cinemas wilfully allows one of these minors to enter a cinema where a film is being shown, the showing of w…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-3

Product or service certification subject to the provisions of this section is the activity whereby a body, distinct from the manufacturer, importer, seller, service provider or customer, attests that…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Ad hoc administrators appointed to represent minors held in waiting zones

Article R343-3

A natural person may only be entered on the list of ad hoc administrators provided for in article R. 343-2 only if he meets the following conditions:1° Be at least twenty-three and no more than sevent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article R49-38

The departments and units referred to in Article 695-9-31 may postpone their response if they are unable to provide the information requested within the time limit set pursuant to Article R. 49-37. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article R49-37

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 49-38, where a request for information from a competent department of one of the Member States of the European Union or of one of the non-Member States mentione…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Dismissal of fewer than ten employees within a thirty-day period

Article D1233-3

In the event of redundancies for economic reasons involving fewer than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, the employer must inform the Regional Director for Business, Competition, Consum…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Flows operated by air, sea, inland waterway or rail transport companies.

Article R3332-3

Civil aerodromes which do not have a public house in each of their terminals are deemed not to have an on-premises public house within the meaning of article L. 3332-12.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

The member of a société civile de placement immobilier, governed by articles L. 214-114 et seq. of the French Monetary and Financial Code, whose share of income is, pursuant to Article 8, subject in i…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax.

Article L422-3

The rules relating to tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax are set out in articles L. 2333-26 to L. 2333-31, L. 2333-34 to L. 2333-37, L. 2333-39 to L. 2333-41, L. 2333-43, L. 2333-44, L. 2333-46 and…

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