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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementing provisions

Article L3121-68

Those provisions of the decrees provided for in article L. 3121-67 relating to the organisation and distribution of working hours within the week, rest periods, the conditions for recourse to standby…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Territorial jurisdiction of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-77

The territorial fire and rescue services in Corsica are the Corse-du-Sud fire and rescue service and the Haute-Corse fire and rescue service. They carry out their missions within their respective geog…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Procedural safeguards.

Article L1332-3

When the acts of which the employee is accused have made it essential to take a precautionary measure of immediate dismissal, no definitive sanction relating to these acts may be taken unless the proc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Recruitment methods and means of monitoring employee activity

Article L2312-38

The Social and Economic Committee shall be informed, prior to their use, of any methods or techniques used to assist in the recruitment of job applicants and of any changes thereto. It shall also be i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-35

Without prejudice, where appropriate, to the more serious penalties laid down in relation to offences against State security, anyone who has knowingly infringed one of the prohibitions laid down in ar…

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

Article L3324-4

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the method of calculation, which may be flat-rate, of the income tax reduction provided for in article L. 3324-3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Implementing provisions.

Article L1271-17

Decrees determine the terms and conditions of use and operation of the universal employment-service voucher, in particular : 1° Those relating to the collection and reimbursement of universal employme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Privileges.

Article L3253-5

The sums owed to façonniers by their principals are paid, when the latter are the subject of safeguard, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation proceedings, notwithstanding the existence of any other…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Commission nationale des impôts directs et des taxes sur le chiffre d'affaires (National Commission for Direct Taxes and Turnover Taxes)

Article 1651 L

…n the same grounds are notified to companies that are members of a group within the meaning of Article 223 A or article 223 A bis, any taxpayer may request that the matter be referred to the national…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-5

The contract may provide either for remuneration proportional to the operating revenue or, in the cases provided for in articles L. 131-4 and L. 132-6, a flat fee.

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