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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Support for mobility training.

Article R5522-80

A public or private organisation may be approved under 2° of article L. 5522-23 if it has the capacity to offer or provide access to vocational training, in France or abroad, and to provide support fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for special local procedural acts in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-39

The services listed under numbers 143 to 145,146 and 149 of table 3-2 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 3-2 of article appendix 4-7)Description of the serv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article D524-1

The following do not constitute the practice of the profession of bureau de change: 1. The activity of manual foreign exchange by the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2, other than those referred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Building and public works companies out of work due to bad weather.

Article L5424-12

…termines : 1° The limit of compensation for hours lost based on the wages relating to these hours ; 2° The maximum number of daily allowances that may be awarded in the course of a calendar year.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Expenditure chargeable to the balance of the apprenticeship tax

Article L6241-4

…ce within the meaning of the provisions of article L. 813-9 of the rural and maritime fishing code; 2° Subsidies paid to an apprentice training centre in the form of equipment and materials in line wi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII: Provisions common to different categories of income

Article 155

…e capital gain or loss on the disposal of a fixed asset or to determine the results mentioned in I ;2° Increased by the amount of expenses allowed as a deduction that are not required to carry on the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12-2 a

Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in Franc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article D711-43

…R. 711-42 : 1° At the initiative of the president of the regional chamber of commerce and industry; 2° At the request of the minister responsible for overseeing the chambers of commerce and industry o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-137

…1° Sanitary facilities, as set out in articles R. 4228-2 to R. 4228-7 and R. 4228-10 to R. 4228-18; 2° Catering, as set out in articles R. 4228-22 to R. 4228-25, may be waived for work sites lasting n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-6

The purpose of the actuarial function referred to in article L. 354-1 is to coordinate the calculation of prudential technical provisions, to guarantee the appropriateness of the methodologies, underl…

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