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Showing 44514460 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint ownership of acquests.

Article 1578

…be proceeded with judicially. The rules prescribed for arriving at the judicial partition of successions and communities are applicable to this request, as appropriate. The parties are required to co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-14

…rs of the predeceased within one month of the day on which he was given formal notice to take a decision. This formal notice may not itself take place before the expiry of the period provided for in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Tax on the operators of electronic contact platforms for the provision of certain transport services

Article 300 ter

For the purposes of this chapter, France means metropolitan territory, the territories of the collectivities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Compliance with the Code of Ethics

Article R8124-31

…o perform their duties in accordance with this Code. The oath is taken at the time of their first assignment to a control unit, in open court, before the president of the judicial court within whose j…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-902

…tation period. Associate practitioners carry out their duties by delegation, under the direct responsibility of the practitioner in charge of the structure to which they report or one of his medical,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary title.

Article L800-5

…excluded from the geographical scope defined in article L. 800-4 are governed by the following provisions: 1° The provisions of article L. 122-14-8 are applicable to an employee who is placed by the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Revision.

Article L2261-7-1

I. - The following are entitled to initiate the procedure for revising a company or establishment agreement: 1° Until the end of the electoral cycle during which this agreement was concluded, one or m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Employees not working the same collective timetable

Article D3171-9

The provisions of article D. 3171-8 do not apply: 1° To employees covered by collective labour agreements or agreements providing for fixed working hours where these agreements or agreements lay down…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVII: Participatory procedure agreement

Article 2062

The participatory procedure agreement is an agreement by which the parties to a dispute undertake to work jointly and in good faith towards the amicable resolution of their dispute or the setting in m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-3

When the autonomous occupational health and prevention service brings together several establishments under an agreement, the agreement sets out in particular the procedures for managing the service a…

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