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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Negotiation procedures in companies with at least fifty employees

Article L2232-25

…tee representing the majority of votes cast for members of the Social and Economic Committee at the last professional elections.For the assessment of the majority condition provided for in the third p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Disputes

Article L2314-32

…men that the list was required to respect shall be annulled. The judge annulled the election of the last elected members of the over-represented sex by following the reverse order of the list of candi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R441-2-1

…g 1.05 ; b) The service value of the annuity unit has not decreased by more than one third over the last sixty months.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-3

…any person mentioned in 1° of I of Article L. 653-1 , subject to the exceptions provided for in the last paragraph of I of the same article, against whom one of the following facts has been identified…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-27

…consumer. The provisions of 3° apply to data relating to energy consumption concerning at least the last twenty-four months or the period elapsed since the start of the supply contract where this is s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 E

…financial assistance from the Agence nationale de l'habitat by individuals with a view to their rental.The exemption applies from the year following that in which the improvement work is completed. It…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1381

…greenhouses assigned to an agricultural operation; 5° With the exception of those mentioned in the last paragraph of the article 1393, uncultivated land used for commercial or industrial purposes, su…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-1

…5216-8 with regard to agglomeration communities.The resources used are the gross resources for the last year for which the results are known.III. - For the implementation of this national equalisatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-18-8

…gement companies and AIFs: 1° Relevant to II of article L. 214-24, excluding those mentioned in its last paragraph, and excluding AIFs relevant to I of article L. 214-167 and those mentioned in the se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6251-5

…paragraph of Article 74 of the Constitution. II. - The request for authorisation lapses: 1° On the last day of the month preceding that of the normal renewal of the Territorial Council; 2° On the day…

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