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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-9

…86 of 22 May 2019 L. 621-20 law no. 2005-1564 of 15 December 2005 L. 621-20-1 order no. 2007-544 of 12 April 2007 L. 621-20-3 Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 L. 621-20-4 Law no. 2014-1545 of 20 Dec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Work with pressurised equipment

Article D4153-33

I.-It is forbidden for young people to carry out work involving handling, monitoring, checking and intervention on pressure vessels subject to in-service monitoring pursuant to article L. 557-28 of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV: Procedure applicable to organised crime and delinquency and to felonies

Article 706-73-1

…3° of Article L. 253-17-1, au II des articles L. 253-15 and L. 253-16 and in III of article L. 254-12 du code rural et de la pêche maritime;9° Délits relatifs aux déchets mentionnés au I de l'article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-6

…subject to the adaptations provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article D1441-22-4

…here the candidate is being put forward as a collaborating spouse pursuant to 2° of article L. 1441-12, his or her status as collaborating spouse for two years; 9° The industrial tribunal, college and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-34

I.-Insofar as their use is necessary for the purposes defined in 1° to 9° bis, 11° and 12° of article R. 6323-33, the categories of personal data relating to the holder of the personal training accoun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-6

…ppointment, to have an interest, within the meaning of Article L. 2131-11 of this Code, article 432-12 of the Penal Code or I of article 2 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on transparency in pub…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R444-3

…4, R. 425-7 and R. 426-19, the references to article 160-1 of the Social Security Code, articles L. 124-4 and L. 124-6 of the Education Code and articles L. 251-1 and L. 265-1 of the Social Action and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238

…gible asset carried out directly by the taxpayer or by arm's length companies within the meaning of 12 of Article 39 with it and, in the denominator, all research and development or acquisition expend…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Dismissal of the Conseiller prud'homme.

Article L2411-22

Dismissal of an employee representative may only take place with the authorisation of the labour inspector.This authorisation is also required for :1° An industrial tribunal member who has ceased his…

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