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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Collective investments

Article L214-1-2

…AIFs established on the basis of foreign law that have been notified in accordance with Article L. 214-2-2 or Article L. 214-24-1, as applicable, may be admitted to trading on a regulated market for f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1468

I. - The base for the business property tax is reduced:1° For agricultural cooperatives and unions of cooperatives and agricultural collective interest companies, by half;This reduction does not apply…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-1-4

The authorities that appoint the members mentioned in 1° and 3° of the I of article L. 1412-2 and those that propose the members mentioned in 4° to 6°, send the Minister for Health the identity of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single personnel register.

Article L1221-15-1

The declaration mentioned in I of article L. 1262-2-1 is appended to the single personnel register of the company hosting the seconded employees.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-7-1

…the protection and restoration of biodiversity, includes the following developments in particular: 1° It presents the ecological continuities chosen to make up the territory's green and blue network…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Debt securities.

Article D213-0-1

I. - The debt securities referred to in 2° and 3° of Article L. 213-0-1 may be held for a maximum of one year after their acquisition. However, this maximum period is reduced to 60 calendar days for d…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-1

…asional basis, subject to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of this article and of article L. 212-2 of this code: 1° Guaranteeing the holder's competence in terms of the safety of participants an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article D2621-1

…uiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° The criteria for trade union representativeness, set out in Chapter I of Title II of Book I ;2° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article R8291-1

…repairs, painting and cleaning relating to these works and any directly related ancillary operations.They apply to temporary employment agencies established in France employing employees to carry out…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2-1: Establishing the biological profile of athletes falling within the scope of Article L. 230-3

Article R232-67-11

…rts who may be appointed to take part in the work of the committee referred to in article L. 232-22-1.

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