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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-18

Pôle emploi may, if the debtor does not dispute the undue nature of the payment, recover the undue payments referred to in Article L. 5426-8-1 by deduction from future benefits, up to a limit of 20% o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-19

The provisions of this section do not apply to : 1° products intended for human health, cosmetic products and tattooing products mentioned in article L. 5311-1; 2° Veterinary medicinal products as def…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VII: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FRENCH AUSTRALIAN AND ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES

Article R597-1

A foreign national arriving or staying in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands and applying for asylum under article L. 597-1 shall submit in support of their application:1° Information relating to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall publish the annual information referred to in Article L. 355-5 according to the following timetable a) No later than 20 weeks after t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care

Article R3223-11

The activity report provided for in 6° of Article L. 3223-1 includes the following information:1° Commission activity statistics, presented in the form of a table complying with a model laid down by o…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-18

…bility, may access the related data recorded in the file and mentioned in I and 1° of II of Article R. 53-11, as well as, where applicable, the surname, first names, date and place of birth and parent…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution

Article R8253-1

The special contribution provided for in article L. 8253-1 is due for each foreign national employed in breach of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 8251-1. This contribution is payab…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-12

…l instruments traded on recognised markets within the meaning of the last paragraph of A of article R. 332-2, the value of the last quotation; b) For instruments traded over-the-counter, the replaceme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations to declare accounts in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R721-11

…box leases. These declarations shall be sent to the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer.The declarations referred to in the first paragraph shall be submitted no later than seven working…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement and services of the statutory auditor

Article R823-11

…he engagement plan and the work programme shall be placed in the file provided for in II of Article R. 823-10.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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