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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Guidance contract

Article D981-4

For employees covered by the special social security scheme for seafarers referred to in 4° of Article R. 711-1 of the Social Security Code, the exemption provided for in Article L. 981-6 is applicabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-3

Decrees whose implementation requires the assistance of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations are issued on the report or with the intervention of the Minister for the Economy, after consultation with th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-2

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and its subsidiaries form a public group serving the public interest and the country's economic development. This group carries out public interest missions in suppo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-2-1

Caisse des dépôts et consignations may issue the debt securities referred to in Article L. 211-1, II, 2.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater X

…I are met; > d) The conditions set out in 3 of this I are met. d) The conditions mentioned in 3 of VIII of article 244 quater W are also met.6. Also eligible for the tax credit is demolition work pri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VIII: Regulatory and supervisory bodies

Article R781-1

For its application in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, II of Article R. 612-18 reads as follows:"II. - Recovery of the contribution, penalty payments and sanctions provide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-4

Where the candidate for registration holds a chartered accountancy diploma, at least two-thirds of the training period provided for in Article 67 of Decree no. 2012-432 of 30 March 2012 relating to th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article D822-7-1

Applicants for the preparatory certificate for the duties of statutory auditor, for the certificate of aptitude for the duties of statutory auditor, as well as for the aptitude test mentioned in artic…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 209

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture may: a) designate the parts of the area defined in the preceding article where the formality of an open accou…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 210

1. In the area subject to the open account formality, animals may not move or graze without an acquit-à-caution issued by the customs service. 2 (Repealed)

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