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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-35

Unless otherwise stipulated in an agreement referred to in Article L. 3121-32, the working week begins at 00.00 on Monday and ends at 24.00 on Sunday.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-66-1

The time that the presiding judge of the summary proceedings panel or the adjudication panel may have devoted to rereading and signing the decisions mentioned in g of 2° of article R. 1423-55 is set a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating principally to the assets and property of the business

Article A444-117

Exchange services (numbers 96 and 97 of table 5) give rise to the levying of:1° In the case of a bilateral exchange, a fee proportional to the value of the greater of the two lots exchanged, according…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-18

The tests are marked from 0 to 20.Each mark is assigned the coefficient laid down for the corresponding test.Marks of less than 7/20, with the exception of that obtained in the optional language test,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16°: Acquisitions of woods and forests and land for reforestation

Article 1137

…forests and bare land not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from any levy for the benefit of the Treasury if the purchase…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Benefits in kind

Article D3231-11

For employees for whom the employer provides accommodation, this benefit in kind is valued by agreement or collective labour agreement.Failing this, accommodation is valued at 0.02 euros per day.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 17: Maintenance and repair of sports and leisure equipment and motorised personal transport devices

Article R224-70

The obligation set out in Article L. 224-113 applies to the following categories of products and spare parts: 1° Bicycles, as defined in Article 1 of Decree no. 2016-364 of 29 March 2016 laying down s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: The equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article D221-113-7

The provisions of articles 91 quater G to 91 quater K ter of appendix II to the general tax code are applicable to the share savings plan intended for the financing of small and medium-sized companies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-7

Sanctions pronounced by the disciplinary chambers of the regional councils of section A and by those of the central councils of sections B, C, D, E, G and H may be appealed to the disciplinary chamber…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rescript

Article R217-6

…hold appliances in specialised shops listed under codes 47.54 and 47-54 Z of division 47 of section G of the nomenclature of French activities..

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