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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of candidates

Article L1441-18

The declaration of candidacies results from the filing of a list of candidates for each industrial tribunal by the representatives of the organisations to which seats have been allocated in applicatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Distribution and transfer of shares in central insurance companies.

Article L322-23

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall set the terms and conditions for the distribution of free shares as provided for in Article L. 322-22. When free shares are distributed to employees, account is ta…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-50

In the event of default by the borrower and where the lender does not require immediate repayment of the outstanding capital, it may increase, within limits set by decree, the rate of interest that th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Presentation and content of tax returns

Article 248

The Government may fix by decree, insofar as they have not been fixed by the legislation in force, the information that tax returns must contain with a view to the application of existing taxes and du…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2221-5

The budgetary and accounting rules of the communes are applicable to the régies municipales, subject to the modifications provided for by the decrees of the Conseil d'Etat mentioned in articles L. 222…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Specific rules concerning third-country companies

Article L532-49

A third-country company wishing to open a branch in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin must submit an application for authorisation to the Aut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-39

In the absence of an agreement, a decree determines the annual quota defined in article L. 3121-30 as well as the characteristics and conditions for taking the compulsory compensatory rest for any ove…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article L4333-1-1

Bodies issuing training qualifications shall transmit these qualifications to the service or body referred to in article L. 4333-1 in the form of certified information. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of appliances to the disabled.

Article L4364-3

The organisations issuing the training qualifications shall transmit these qualifications to the service or organisation mentioned in article L. 4364-2 in the form of certified information. A decree o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article L310-7

Detailed rules for the application of the provisions of this Title shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular the sectors in which announcements, irrespective of the medium,…

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