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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1384 C

I. - Housing acquired with a view to rental, with financial assistance from the State or with a subsidy from the National Urban Renewal Agency, pursuant to 3° and 5° of Article L. 831-1 du code de la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Transmission of information for the purpose of registering persons practising the profession of occupational therapist or psychomotrician

Article R4333-7

…to the service or body responsible for registering the persons referred to in Article L. 4333-1 is: 1° The civil status details of the holder of the training qualification and any other identification…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General characteristics

Article R8295-2

The categories of personal data that may be recorded in the automated processing are as follows: 1° Personal data relating to the holder of the professional identification card: surname and forenames,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 774

The full list of criminal record entries applicable to the same person is recorded on a bulletin known as bulletin no. 1.Bulletin no. 1 is only issued to the judicial authorities.Where there is no cri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators.

Article R811-13

…of Article L. 811-5,are exempt from the examination for access to the professional training period: 1° Judicial representatives who have practised their profession for at least three years; 2° Lawyers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2131-3

…tence to carry out one or more of the medical biology examinations mentioned in article R. 2131-1 : 1° Be a medical biologist within the meaning of Articles L. 6213-1, L. 6213-2 or L. 6213-2-1; 2° Hol…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Minimum growth wage.

Article L3423-3

During the course of the year, the minimum growth wage in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin may be increased by regulation to a level higher…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-41-1

…e global authorisation, in particular for the purposes of applying b of 5° of Article L. 5121-1 and 1°, 2° and 3° of Article R. 5121-28. Variations and extensions to a marketing authorisation are subm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of aid

Article R5141-5

In the case provided for in article R. 5141-4, the beneficiary pays the social security bodies concerned the contributions from which he has been exempted, in application of articles L. 161-1-1 and L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article D626-13

…be accompanied or supplemented by the sending within the period provided for in the first paragraph:1° Of the statement of assets and liabilities of the securities as well as that of the off-balance s…

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