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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article D3324-21-2

When a beneficiary requests payment of the profit-sharing in accordance with the provisions of article R. 3324-21-1, the undertakings shall make this payment before the first day of the sixth month fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-21-1

…ntioned in articles L. 5211-21 et L. 5722-6 collecting the tourist tax or the flat-rate tourist tax and the metropolitan area of Lyon may introduce a direct levy on the gross gaming revenue under the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-13-1

People aged at least sixty-five who have been lawfully and habitually resident in France for at least twenty-five years and who are the direct ascendants of a French national may claim French national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-21-1

…strator, if one has not already been appointed, to take all necessary steps to prepare for the sale and, where appropriate, to carry it out.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-1

…of social utility, within the meaning ofArticle 2 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy, represent at least 66% of all operating expenses in the company's income sta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-2

For the application of 3° of I of article L. 3332-17-1 to companies, company directors are understood to mean the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of 1° of article 885 O bis of the General Tax…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-3

…f the file that must be attached to this application is set by order of the Minister for the Social and Solidarity Economy and the Minister for Employment. If the Prefect remains silent for two months…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21-4

…ity securities, bonds, promissory notes, savings bonds, current account advances, equity securities and equity loans issued or granted by these companies.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-21

…that does not have the effect of remedying the irregularity in the composition of the board is null and void.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-3

…is issued by the insurance undertaking within a maximum of fifteen days of taking out the contract and renewed when subsequent premiums or portions of premiums are paid. If this document cannot be is…

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