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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 5: Portion of contract performance reserved for SMEs

Article L2213-14

The partnership contract stipulates the minimum proportion of contract performance that the contractor undertakes to entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises or tradespeople. This minimum proport…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Enlarged health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L4523-14

The representation of external companies on the extended Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee depends on the duration and nature of their work and the number of employees working in the est…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons and activities

Article 1447

I. - The business property tax is due each year by natural or legal persons, unincorporated companies or trustees for their activity carried out under a trust agreement who habitually carry out a self…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1418

Before the judicial court in the matters referred to in article 817, the protection litigation judge and the commercial court, the court clerk summons the parties to the hearing by registered letter w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1451

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, the following are exempt from cotisation foncière des entreprises: 1° Agricultural cooperative companies and their unions and agricultural collective interest com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-14

The data mentioned in article R. 2143-11 are kept by the Agence de la biomédecine for a period of one hundred and twenty years from the date of their registration in the processing. By way of derogati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Professional premises

Article 1498

I. - The rental value of each built property or fraction of a built property, other than premises mentioned in I of article 1496, industrial establishments mentioned in article 1499 and premises whose…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions.

Article L4532-14

The intervention of the inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions does not alter the nature and extent of the responsibilities incumbent on the participants in the building or ci…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of intermediary payment service providers and cooperation obligations

Article L722-14

I.-The intermediary payment service provider shall apply effective procedures to detect whether the fields relating to information on the payer and payee provided for in the messaging or payment and s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Procedure for validating or approving the employment safeguard plan

Article D1233-14

The request for validation of the agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 or approval of the unilateral document referred to in article L. 1233-24-4 is sent to the Regional Director of Companies…

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