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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Benefits in kind

Article R3231-16

A collective labour agreement or contract of employment may not contain clauses providing for the allocation of alcoholic beverages to employees as a benefit in kind. These provisions do not apply to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Overall operating grant

Article R4332-16

For the application of Article L. 4332-7, total revenue means the sum of actual operating revenue and actual investment revenue.Actual operating and investment revenue for the regions means all operat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-16

I.-The youth commitment contract includes the assessment referred to in article L. 5131-6 and defines: 1° The commitments of each party with a view to achieving the objectives set in relation to the y…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Withdrawal of approval

Article R7232-16

The declaration by the legal entity or sole trader, referred to in article L. 7232-1-1, is made to the prefect of the département where the legal entity's main establishment is located or where the so…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Procedure.

Article L463-8

The general rapporteur may decide to call in experts in the event of a request made at any time during the investigation by the rapporteur or a party. This decision is not subject to appeal. The exper…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Payment of business property tax and additional taxes

Article 1681 quater A

A. The business property tax and additional taxes are collected either under the conditions provided for in Article 1679 quinquies, or, at the taxpayer's request, by means of monthly levies made in ac…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to cheques and scriptural money instruments

Article R734-16

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R814-167

Non-compliance with the provisions governing the formation and operation of sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales by judicial administrators or judicial representatives who a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R814-163

The société de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires shall inform the competent national commission and the public prosecutor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation and control of the company

Article R814-164

If the société de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires does not comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions in forc…

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