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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operation

Article R3262-19

…he paying body ensures, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 3262-26 to R. 3262-31, that the person presenting the vouchers is a restaurant owner, hotel owner-restaurateur, or a si…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to partnerships of commercial court registrars.

Article R743-135

The joint ventures provided for in article 22 of Law No. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 shall be known as sociétés en participation de greffiers de tribunal de commerce. The partnership is not the holder…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Procedure for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators and revision of the list.

Article R811-39

Each year, and by 31 December at the latest, judicial administrators removed from the list and authorised to continue handling one or more cases shall make a declaration to the public prosecutor of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I bis

…are included in the taxable income of this company for the first financial year ending on or after 31 December 2005 or, if later, for the financial year ending in the fifteenth year following the iss…

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

Article L1251-58-5

…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-ended contracts concluded by a tempora…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-187

…onal emoluments are governed by sub-section 7 of this same section. The emoluments applicable until 31 August 2025 are those provided for in this section.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Share savings plan

Article 163 quinquies D

I. - The share savings plan is open and operates in accordance with articles L. 221-30, L. 221-31 and L. 221-32 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the share savings plan intended for the financing…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction and powers

Article L532-4

…es applications submitted to it by refugees covered by one of the measures provided for in articles 31, 32 and 33 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 relating to the status of refugees and issues…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article L628-8

The court adopts the plan under the conditions set out in articles L. 626-31 and L. 626-32 within two months of the opening judgment. At the request of the debtor and the insolvency administrator, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-6

…ervice, in respect of the communes that made up the Marseille Provence Métropole urban community on 31 December of the same year, and the total contributions due from these communes in the year prior…

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