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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-27

The provisions of sections 3 and 4 relating to candidacy and challenges to appointments apply to additional appointments, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1441-19, L. 1441-20 and L.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article D411-19-2

The seat and jurisdiction of the courts of appeal with jurisdiction to hear the actions referred to in article R. 411-19 are determined in accordance with table XVI appended to article D. 311-8 of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-21

The costs resulting from the implementation of the measures provided for in articles L. 521-19 and L. 521-20 shall be borne by the service provider.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-25

When the employer terminates a contract in progress or at the end of the trial period defined in articles L. 1221-19 to L. 1221-24 or in article L. 1242-10 for contracts stipulating a trial period of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article L511-7

…fficers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passenge…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter U

The tax credit defined in Article 244 quater W is deducted from the income tax due by the company in respect of the financial year during which the event provided for in IV of the same article occurre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-19-1

The health cooperation groupings mentioned in articles L. 1221-10 and L. 6133-1 may be authorised to manage a blood bank.The authorisation for a blood depot is issued by the Director General of the Re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-37

In addition to the information set out in Article L. 236-10, the report of the merger auditor(s) shall also indicate: 1° The method(s) used to determine the amount of the buyout offer contemplated und…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation of payment institutions

Article L522-11

I. - Withdrawal of authorisation as a payment institution shall be decided by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution at the request of the institution.It may also be decided ex officio b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-1

The municipal council or the deliberative body of the public establishment responsible for all or part of the public collective or non-collective sanitation service institutes a sanitation fee for the…

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