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Showing 31413150 of 4867 articles for Art. CJEU – Bellone – 30 Apr. 1998 – C-215/97

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-78

…r unloading, the moving parts of which may have a travel of more than 6 mm and a speed of more than 30 mm/s; 10° Injection or compression plastics-moulding machines with manual loading or unloading; 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-3

…organisations and the number of employees employed by these same companies are taken into account (30% and 70% respectively). Seats are allocated on the basis of proportional representation using the…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-3

…crets, intended to be published on the Autorité de la concurrence's website pursuant to Article L. 430-3.2. Presentation of the undertakings concerned and the groups to which they belong, including, f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-28

…ording system pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18

…No 178/2002 as regards food of animal origin 4° The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 6 to 10, 12 to 28, 30 to 37, 44 and Annexes I to XV of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L775-20

…2013 L. 526-28 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 526-29 Act no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 526-30 Act no. 2018-700 of 3 August 2018 L. 526-31 Act no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 526-32 Order no.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-2

…ead office of the regional company of statutory auditors in their place of residence, between 1 and 30 June. Holders of a diploma obtained in a foreign State, referred to in the first paragraph of art…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Levy on dividends

Article 117 quater

I.-1. Individuals domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of article 4 B who benefit from distributed income mentioned in articles 108 to 117 bis and 120 to 123 bis are subject to a le…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D314-27

The training referred to in Article L. 314-25 allows, as a minimum, to acquire under the pre-established programme mentioned in article L. 6353-1 of the Labour Code: 1° The knowledge required for the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1391 B ter

I. - Taxpayers whose income does not exceed the amount stipulated in II of article 1417, a rebate equal to the fraction of the contribution exceeding 50% of the total amount of their income defined in…

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