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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-8

The examination tests are oral and take place in public session. The Conseil des Maisons de Vente provides the secretariat for the jury. The examination, the syllabus of which is set out in Appendix 3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Counting and crossing a workforce threshold

Article L6332-1 A

For the purposes of this chapter, the number of employees is determined in accordance with the procedures set out in I of Article L. 130-1 of the Social Security Code.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 84 A

The provisions laid down by Article 100 bis of the General Tax Code are applicable, under the same conditions, for the determination of the taxable salaries of performing artists, holders of a contrac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Purposes of processing

Article A123-87

The computerised processing of the national identification system and register of companies and establishments (SIRENE) governed by articles R. 123-220 et seq. is implemented by the Institut national…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-80

Each cylinder or set of cylinders of the same breathing gas is fitted with a pressure gauge or equivalent system to indicate the pressure during the dive. In the natural environment, each diver equipp…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to establishments organising underwater diving using air, oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-81

Underwater equipment used by divers is regularly checked and properly maintained. Snorkels and regulators made available to divers by the establishments are disinfected before each dive if there is a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Surveillance obligation

Article A322-8

The diplomas provided for in article D. 322-11 for supervising bathing areas that are open to the public free of charge, that are equipped and authorised by the regulations are: - diplomas conferring…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 A

…t for the property security contribution is rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to or greater than 0.50 is counted as one. When the service responsible for land registration, pur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83 A

A 40% allowance is applied to the gross amount of pensions paid by a debtor established or domiciled in mainland France to persons whose tax domicile is in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Isla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales

Article A123-80

In the month following publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales of the notice of formation or closure of the liquidation of a grouping, the Registrar shall draw up and…

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