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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The various types of easement that may be established over property

Article 686

Owners are permitted to establish on their properties, or in favour of their properties, such easements as they see fit, provided nevertheless that the services established are imposed neither on the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Administration of community and private property.

Article 1424

The spouses may not, one without the other, alienate or encumber with real rights immovables, businesses and holdings belonging to the community, nor non-negotiable corporate rights and tangible movab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1771 A

The debtor mentioned in article 1671 who has neither declared nor paid to the public accountant the deductions he has made in application of the same article 1671, if the delay exceeds one month. In t…

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

Article R310-16

Any person engaging in sales on sale shall keep at the disposal of the agents authorised to carry out checks the documents justifying that the goods sold on sale had been offered for sale, and where t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Supervision of spa establishments.

Article R1322-49

One month before the opening of each season, the operators send the prefect a detailed price list corresponding to the various methods by which the water is administered, and the accessories that depe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and amount of the financial guarantee

Article R7123-21

The amount of the financial guarantee may be revised at any time and is reviewed each year. For each modelling agency, this amount may not be less than 6% of the total payroll resulting from the annua…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3823-2

…Islands, subject to the provisions of Article L. 3823-3, in their wording resulting from Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for justice.Article L. 3421-5 is applica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-98

As from the date of issue of securities giving access to the capital, the company called upon to allot these securities may not change its form or purpose, unless authorised to do so by the contract o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mobility leave

Article L1237-18

…the collective termination of employment concluded under the conditions set out in articles L. 1237-19 to L. 1237-19-8, or in companies that have concluded a collective agreement on job and skills man…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article D1237-12

…e implementation of the agreement on the Collective Agreement Breach referred to in article L. 1237-19-7, the content of which is set by order of the Minister for Employment, is sent to the competent…

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