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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: High Council for Social Dialogue.

Article R*2122-1

The High Council for Social Dialogue referred to in Article L. 2122-11 of the Labour Code comprises : 1° Five representatives of national and cross-industry employee trade union organisations and, in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R533-21-1

For the application of Article L. 533-30-13, the conduct likely to result in the reduction or restitution, in whole or in part, of the variable remuneration shall be defined by the investment firms, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-215-2

…other Member States of the European Union or the European Economic Area who have been granted partial access to practise the profession of dental surgeon in France under article L. 4002-5 of the Publi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 954

In the event of revocation on the grounds of non-performance of the conditions, the property will revert to the donor, free of all charges and mortgages in respect of the donee; and the donor will hav…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Irrigation

Article 1021

Decisions, reports, extracts, copies, grosses ou expéditions relating to procedural acts to which the application of articles L. 152-7 to L. 152-10 and L. 152-13 of the Code rural et de la pêche marit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to asset freezing orders issued by the French judicial authorities

Article 695-9-9

Decisions releasing the freezing order shall be transmitted without delay, in accordance with the procedures laid down in article 695-9-8, to the judicial authority of the executing State.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional card

Article R4222-9

A pharmacist wishing to obtain a European professional card pursuant to Article L. 4002-2 submits his application electronically, together with supporting documents, to a regional directorate for yout…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The form of gifts inter vivos.

Article 946

In the event that the donor has reserved the freedom to dispose of an instrument included in the donation or of a fixed sum out of the donated property, if he dies without having disposed of it, the s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-21

The deposits referred to in 4° of I of article L. 214-24-55 are deposits made with a credit institution that are repayable on demand or can be withdrawn and have a maturity of twelve months or less, p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: The national information system common to the regional joint cross-industry committees

Article R6323-21-7

I.-The common national information system provided for in Article L. 6323-17-2 is implemented by France Compétences, which is responsible for its design, deployment, operation and maintenance. France…

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