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Showing 49214930 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Denunciation by one of the signatory employers or employees.

Article L2261-11

Where the denunciation is made by only some of the signatory employers or signatory employees, it does not prevent the agreement from remaining in force between the other signatory parties. In this ca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between the State and collecting institutions or bodies.

Article R221-98

…pen youth passbooks, the establishments and organisations mentioned in article R. 221-76 must first sign an authorisation agreement with the State setting out their commitments. The competent administ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Authorisation of establishments

Article R1261-26

…second paragraph of article L. 1261-1. The agreement is approved by an order of the Minister responsible for higher education.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Repeal of expulsion decisions

Article L632-7

Except in the case of a duly substantiated threat to public order, foreign nationals residing outside France who have obtained the repeal of the expulsion decision against them are granted a visa to r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article L2352-5

…epresentatives on the social and economic committees or their trade union representatives, on the basis of the results of the most recent elections. The same applies to the employee representatives of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-41

For companies with eleven or more employees, the contribution is deducted by France Compétences from the proceeds of the vocational training contribution referred to in article L. 6331-3. France Compé…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration on the list of statutory auditors

Article D822-7-1

…es familles (Social Action and Family Code) benefit from the accommodations made necessary by their situation. These accommodations may relate to : a) The conditions under which the tests are held, to…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 bis

…imported goods, are subject to compensation taxes which are intended to balance the tax burden with similar products of national origin. Decrees issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-6

…spital department of the prison administration is set up as a public health establishment, the provisions of Title IV of the general regulations governing civil servants shall apply to permanent or pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R814-103

…or judicial representatives, depending on whether the company exercises one or other of these professions. Under no circumstances may the duties of liquidator be entrusted to a person against whom a d…

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