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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Submission of the contract

Article D6224-1

…an apprentice training centre, an internal department of the company, mentioned in article D. 6241-30, the employer sends the skills operator the contract, accompanied, where applicable, by the tripa…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-84

…ns, plants or parts of plants listed in the schedules of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 30 March 1961 or the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 21 February 1971, as well as products…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article R6146-12

…hnical care committee is determined by the establishment's internal regulations within the limit of 30 elected members for hospital centres and 40 elected members for university hospital centres. The…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 H

…ost and Electronic Communications Code, and which are installed between 3 July 2018 and 31 December 2022, are not subject to this tax for their first five years of taxation. An order by the minister r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds

Article L214-160

…hich are only included in the investment quota mentioned in I of article L. 214-28 up to a limit of 30% of total assets, provided that the following conditions are met: a) The main purpose of the fund…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

A levy of 5.1% is charged on the gross proceeds of lottery games marketed in physical distribution networks and online mentioned in I of Article 137 of Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 relating to the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R151-7

For the application of this book in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The references to the departmental council are replaced by the reference to the territorial council of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon; 2° The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-7

For the application of I of Article L. 561-5, the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 shall identify the beneficial owner of the business relationship in accordance with the procedures defined in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the French Polynesia Local Finance Committee.

Article R2573-41

…roups from among its members to prepare the examination of the dossiers it studies.The committee adopts rules of procedure that specify the terms of its operation and the conditions for the allocation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-20

…nd implementation of development operations of community interest, within the meaning of article L. 300-1 of the town planning code; and after obtaining the opinion of the municipal councils, the crea…

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