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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I bis: Tax on the market value of real estate owned in France by legal entities

Article 990 D

Legal entities: legal persons, bodies, trusts or comparable institutions which, directly or through an interposed entity, own one or more properties located in France or are holders of real rights rel…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-1

…épertoire des Expertises), consisting of the directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings provided for in Article 706-56-2. This processing is supervised by the magistrate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: The accounting officer (R)

Article R2221-59

The accounting officer of the régie is an accounting officer of the Directorate General of Public Finance with the status of principal accounting officer. He or she is appointed by the prefect, with t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2312-2

When, after the Social and Economic Committee has been set up, the number of employees in the undertaking reaches at least fifty for twelve consecutive months, the Committee exercises all the recurren…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2312-3

When it is renewed, the social and economic committee exercises only the powers provided for in section 2 and ceases to exercise the powers provided for in section 3 if the number of employees has not…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2312-4

…hapter do not preclude more favourable provisions relating to the powers of the social and economic committee resulting from collective labour agreements or practices.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2312-1

The powers of the social and economic committee in undertakings with fewer than fifty employees are defined in section 2 of this chapter. The responsibilities of the social and economic committee in u…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Guardianship and trusteeship

Article 440

…f civil life may be placed under curatorship. Curatorship is ordered only if it is established that legal protection cannot provide sufficient protection. A person who, for one of the reasons provided…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-6

Subject to Articles L. 1134-7 to L. 1134-10, Chapter I of Title V of Law 2016-1547 of 18th November 2016 on the modernisation of justice in the 21st century shall apply to the group action provided fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-7

A representative employee trade union organisation within the meaning of articles L. 2122-1, L. 2122-5 or L. 2122-9 may bring an action before a civil court to establish that several applicants for a…

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