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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-17

An entreprise de travail temporaire d'insertion may enter into open-ended contracts as referred to in article D. 5132-10-15 up to 20% of the number of full-time jobs for integration set out in the agr…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-17

The obligation to report provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article 706-53-5 shall be carried out, every month, every six months or every year as the case may be, within the periods determined in…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Termination of the duties of an employed commercial court clerk in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R743-139-17

Any dismissal, envisaged by the holder of the office, of an employed commercial court clerk is subject to the opinion of a national commission composed as follows:1° A magistrate, chairman;2° Two offi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16-2

I.-The same person may be responsible, within a supplementary occupational pension fund, for several of the key functions mentioned in Article L. 354-1, with the exception of the internal audit functi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Buying group structures.

Article D5125-24-16

Pharmacists holding a dispensary or companies operating a dispensary may form a company, an economic interest grouping or an association, with a view to purchasing, on behalf of its partners, members…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17-1

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter D

I.-The platform operator shall implement, including by means of personal data processing, the due diligence necessary to identify: 1° Sellers or service providers who carry out one or more of the tran…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Declaration of non-retail sales

Article 1649 bis A

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article L. 85 of the Book of Tax Procedures concerning the tax administration's right of communication, traders and craftsmen with regard to the taxation of thei…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter B

I.-The platform operator submits the declaration provided for in Article 1649 ter A when it is in one of the following situations: 1° it is resident in France; 2° It is not resident in France but sati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Approved associations of the liberal professions

Article 1649 quater H

The associations mentioned in article 1649 quater F ensure that the income tax, turnover tax, business value added tax and, where applicable, foreign income tax returns submitted by their members are…

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