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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personalised project for access to employment and reasonable offer of employment.

Article R5411-16

…ween Pôle emploi and the bodies participating in the public employment service mentioned in Article L. 5311-4 define, in accordance with the provisions set out in the multi-year agreement mentioned in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quinvicies

…apply to the portion corresponding to payments into a retirement savings plan mentioned in article L. 224-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code under the additional guarantees provided for in 4° to 6°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-16

I.-To be included on the list provided for in 1° of Article L. 122-5-1, the legal entity or establishment must, in support of its request sent to the Commission by registered letter with acknowledgeme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of fines and confiscation as well as reparation measures for victims

Article 627-16

Where the International Criminal Court so requests, the enforcement of fines and confiscation sentences or decisions concerning reparations handed down by the International Criminal Court shall be aut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article R3324-16

…itle are applicable to the supplement to the special profit-sharing reserve provided for in article L. 3324-9 and to the specific allocation agreement to which it may give rise.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article R2335-16

For the application of article L. 2335-17 : 1° The population, financial potential and demographic strata used for the distribution of the allocation are those calculated, for the same year, for the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 bis

…equipment tax is instituted for the benefit of the public land establishments mentioned in Article L. 324-1 of the town planning code or the Corsican land office, a public establishment of the Corsic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Periodicity of individual monitoring of workers' state of health

Article R4624-16

…prevention visit, carried out by a health professional mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 4624-1, at intervals which may not exceed five years. This period, which takes into account the w…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Auctions.

Article D514-16

Sales are announced at least ten days in advance by public notice or, where applicable, by printed and distributed catalogues, special notices and public display of the items to be sold.The notice sha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the Board of Directors (R)

Article R1424-16

In application of article L. 1424-29, the board of directors settles, through its deliberations, matters relating to the administration of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service.It se…

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