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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Retention of records and documents

Article R518-29

…authorised to cease to retain all records and documents relating directly or indirectly to payments of sums or remittances of securities or bills of exchange consigned or deposited when thirty years h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Management of the special reserve.

Article D3324-29

When profit-sharing rights are allocated, during or at the end of the blocking period, to a company savings plan, the period of unavailability accrued for these sums at the time of allocation is deduc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Bookkeeping and deposit of funds.

Article R814-29

Administrators and mandataires judiciaires open, for each mandate received, within the framework of special accounts, an account that records all movements relating to that mandate as well as transact…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-29

…r compensation expenses are covered by a contribution payable by companies carrying out one or more of the professional activities mentioned in article D. 5424-7.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-5

Judgments and rulings handed down in matters of French nationality by the ordinary law judge have effect even with regard to those who were neither parties nor represented. Any interested party is, ho…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-29

…a view to being placed on the Community market, held with a view to being sold or distributed free of charge, offered for sale, sold or distributed free of charge or made available free of charge or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Substitution of the user undertaking in the event of default by the temporary employment undertaking

Article R1251-29

…bstituted for a temporary employment contractor due to insufficient security, for the reimbursement of social security benefits for failure to pay the contributions due, the sum claimed may not exceed…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-29

The representative of the State in the department or, in Paris, the police prefect notifies the mayor, in his capacity as civil registrar, of the identity and address of persons residing in the commun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29

At the request of the beneficiary of the docket, the debtor may undertake to pay the beneficiary directly: this undertaking is recorded, on pain of nullity, in a written document entitled: "Deed of ac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation of the price variation clause

Article R2191-29

…sed by deduction from the sums due as a deposit or balance, the deduction is made after application of the price variation clause to the initial amount of the deposit or balance.

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