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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informal appeals

Article R2122-21

…y, this appeal must be lodged within twenty-one days of the date mentioned in 1° of article R. 2122-19, either by post or by electronic means. If this appeal is made by electronic means, it is sent vi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligibility

Article R5132-1-6

…person is declared to the State services by means of the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19 by a prescriber or a structure for integration through economic activity and notified by any mean…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-25

…third party, meeting the obligations set out in Article 8 of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/576 of 15 December 2017 on the necessary technical standards for security features applied to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-11

…ment institution to prepare accounts in consolidated form, in accordance with III of article L. 522-19, is punishable by a fine of €15,000.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inspection of permanent electrical installations

Article R4226-20

The register provided for in article R. 4223-19 and the inspection reports may be kept under the conditions provided for in article L. 8113-6.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b: Calculation of total distributed income

Article 111 bis

When a legal entity subject to corporation tax ceases to be subject to it, its profits and reserves, whether capitalised or not, are deemed to be distributed to the partners in proportion to their rig…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Applications for nullity of marriage

Article 183

An action for nullity may no longer be brought either by the spouses or by the parents whose consent was required, whenever the marriage has been expressly or tacitly approved by those whose consent w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Respective rights and duties of spouses

Article 222

If one of the spouses appears alone to perform an act of administration, enjoyment or disposal of movable property which he or she holds individually, he or she is deemed, with respect to third partie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-14

On pain of nullity of the proceedings, a report shall be drawn up of the formalities completed pursuant to articles 495-8 to 495-13. Where the person has not accepted the proposed sentence or sentence…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Renewal of the contract.

Article L1243-13

An agreement or an extended branch agreement may set the maximum number of renewals possible for a fixed-term employment contract. This number may neither have the purpose nor the effect of permanentl…

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