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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect.

Article L3132-21

…ere applicable, of the deliberative body of the public inter-communal cooperation body with its own tax authority of which the municipality is a member, of the chamber of commerce and industry, of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-5

In the event of abuse of a dominant position or a state of economic dependence on the part of an undertaking or group of undertakings operating one or more retail shops, or permanent points for the wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-12-1

Each year, the public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own taxation system draw up a statement showing all the allowances of all kinds, denominated in euros, received by the el…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article L3332-13

…legal or contractual rules. However, this rule may not have the effect of calling into question the tax and social security exemptions provided for in article L. 3332-27, provided that a period of twe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes and penalties.

Article L3326-1

…of the company's net profit and shareholders' equity are established by a certificate issued by the tax inspector or the auditor. They may not be challenged in disputes arising from the application of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.

Article R232-24

…e filing provided for in Article R. 232-23 has been made, the clerk of the commercial court shall cause to be published in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales a notice worded as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-43

In order to facilitate the detection of criminal offences and customs offences, the gathering of evidence of these offences and the search for their perpetrators or to provide evidence of the violatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Detection of business difficulties by the president of the court

Article R611-16

…court.The amount of the penalty imposed is paid to the Treasury and recovered as in the case of non-tax debts.The decision is communicated to the Treasury and served at the registrar's behest on the l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2 - Receipt and processing of requests for implementation of the individual right to training

Article D1621-15

…the territorial authority or the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax system within which the elected representative sits, the proportion of the educational costs of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article R753-27

…pplication of I, in the second sentence of Article R. 351-3, the words: "jointly by the Director of Tax Services and the Director General of the Treasury" are replaced by the words: "jointly by the lo…

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