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Showing 471480 of 66234 articles for Art. s. L 151-4 and L 151-5

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other institutions

Article L785-5

Article L. 615-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, as amended byOrder no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Means of communication and exchange of information

Article L3122-5

Communications and exchanges of information relating to the procedure for awarding a concession contract may be carried out by electronic means, in accordance with the procedures and subject to the ex…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Financing of advisory, training and support services.

Article L5141-5

The region participates, by agreement, in the financing of support and advice actions organised before the creation or takeover of a business and during the following three years. These initiatives be…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-5

Any request that the employer be ordered to provide information relating to the procedure in progress or to comply with a procedural rule provided for by legislation, collective agreements or a collec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Sales tax

Article 302 septies-0 AA

They may apply to benefit from the simplified scheme provided for in article 302 septies A, subject to compliance with the conditions, from 1 January of the second year following the year in which the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies-0 A

The reduced rates provided for in article 278 sexies are equal to:Sectors or premises concerned Subdivision of article 278 sexies Rate Social rental housing financed by a subsidised integration loan 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4a: Temporary open-ended employment contract

Article L1251-58-5

For the application of articles L. 1251-5, L. 1251-9, L. 1251-11, L. 1251-13, L. 1251-16, L. 1251-17, L. 1251-29, L. 1251-30, L. 1251-31, L. 1251-34, L. 1251-35, L. 1251-41 and L. 1251-60 to open-ende…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-42

To obtain a second lost cheque, the owner of the cheque must contact the immediate endorser, who is required to lend his name and care to act towards his own endorser, going from endorser to endorser…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-43

The guarantor's undertaking referred to in article L. 131-40 is extinguished after six months if, during that time, there have been no claims or legal proceedings.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-40

If a cheque is lost, the person to whom it belongs may pursue payment from a second, third, fourth, etc. cheque. If the person who lost the cheque cannot represent the second, third, fourth, etc., he…

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