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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Status and missions of Pôle emploi

Article R5312-5-2

Any modification to a decision taken pursuant to Article R. 5312-5-1 due to a change in the factual situation of the person concerned or in the analysis of this situation is notified by Pôle emploi to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A bis: Identification of persons who no longer meet the conditions for benefiting from the special scheme provided for in 2° of I of article 256 bis

Article 286 bis

The persons mentioned in 2° of I of article 256 bis must declare that they are making intra-Community acquisitions of goods as soon as they no longer meet the conditions that allowed them not to be su…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4392-2

…mission for Childcare Assistants, issue the authorisation to practise provided for in article L. 4392-2, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file submitted and examined in accordance with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4393-2

…e provided for in article L. 4393-3, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file presented and examined in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order referred to in article R. 4393…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4391-2

…e Commission des aides-soignants, issue the authorisation to practise provided for in article L. 4391-2, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file submitted and examined in accordance with…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

…taxable profit is rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The standard rate of tax is set at 25%.However:a. The net amount of long-term capital gains is sub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Trader status.

Article L121-2

…a trader with the authorisation of the guardianship judge at the time of the emancipation decision and of the president of the judicial court if he makes this request after having been emancipated.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-2

Does not constitute a publishing contract, within the meaning of Article L. 132-1, the so-called author's account contract. With this type of contract, the author or his successors in title pay the pu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-2

Performers have the right to respect for their name, their status and their performance. This inalienable and imprescriptible right is attached to their person. It is transmissible to their heirs for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-2

…the judicial police, proof of the materiality of any infringement of the provisions of Books I, II and III of this code may result from the findings of sworn agents appointed as appropriate by the Ce…

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