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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-33

I. - Where the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 are part of a group within the meaning of Article L. 511-20, a financial conglomerate within the meaning of Article L. 517-3, a group within the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting payment periods

Article R3133-11

Notwithstanding article R. 3133-10, the payment period is set at : 1° Fifty days for public health establishments and establishments of the armed forces health service; 2° Sixty days for public undert…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-8

I. - Approval may be granted by the Minister responsible for sport, under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, for a renewable period of eight years, to federations which, with a view t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-13

I.-The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall set up a system for recording and analysing events that may lead to accidental or unintentional exposure of persons to ionising radiation. This s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VG

I. - A declaration, in accordance with a model drawn up by the administration, records the items used to calculate the income tax relating to the capital gain and, where applicable, the items used to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1451

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, the following are exempt from cotisation foncière des entreprises: 1° Agricultural cooperative companies and their unions and agricultural collective interest com…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition and appointment

Article R4641-3

I.-Each of the Council's configurations, with the exception of the National Committee for Prevention and Health at Work, comprises: 1° The college of ministerial departments; 2° The college of social…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-2

The profit-sharing agreement may establish a profit-sharing scheme with a calculation basis and procedures different from those defined in Article L. 3324-1. This agreement does not dispense with the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Age requirements

Article R6222-1-1

In application of the third paragraph of article L. 6222-1, young people who reach the age of fifteen before the end of the calendar year may be enrolled, under school status, in a vocational lycée or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-5

I.-Within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, the Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes shall collect the proceeds…

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