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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Time limits for challenges and appeals.

Article L1235-7-1

The collective agreement mentioned in article L. 1233-24-1, the document drawn up by the employer mentioned in article L. 1233-24-4, the content of the job protection plan, the decisions taken by the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter L

The tax credit defined in article 244 quater M is deducted from the income tax payable by the taxpayer in respect of the year during which the training hours were attended by the company director. If…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General terms and conditions of sale

Article L441-1-2

I.-A wholesaler is any natural or legal person who, for professional purposes, purchases products from one or more suppliers and resells them, on a principal basis, to other traders, wholesalers or re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rights and guarantees for disabled workers.

Article L5213-6-1

In any company employing at least two hundred and fifty employees, a referent is appointed to guide, inform and support people with disabilities. For the purposes of this article, the number of employ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-7-1

In the event of an inspection, the reimbursements referred to in articles L. 6362-4 and L. 6362-6 are made within the period set for the interested party to submit his observations.Failing this, the i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-6-1

The organisations mentioned in a to d of 1° of article L. 6361-2 pay the Treasury a sum equal to the amount of unjustified use of funds that has been rejected in application of article L. 6362-10.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-16

Actions for payment of royalties collected by collective management organisations are time-barred after five years from the date on which they were collected, this period being suspended during the pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Capital amortisation.

Article L225-198

Capital amortisation is carried out by virtue of a stipulation in the Articles of Association or a decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting and using distributable sums within the meaning of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-17

…eference shares may be exchanged for shares of the companies benefiting from the transfer of assets and liabilities with equivalent special rights, or according to a specific exchange parity taking in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Designation

Article L2122-14

When the election of the mayor or deputy mayors is annulled or, for any other reason, the mayor or deputy mayors have ceased to hold office, the council is convened to proceed with the replacement wit…

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