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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-185

…lesaling blood-derived medicinal products must, when disposing of these medicinal products, record :1° The name, strength and pharmaceutical form of the medicinal product concerned ;2° The batch numbe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-3-1

Where it is brought to the attention of the president of the court, information showing that the conditions of article L. 640-1 have been met, he shall inform the Public Prosecutor's Office by means o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Single staff register

Article D1221-23-1

…any other document that enables the trainee's placement agreements to be monitored, is as follows: 1° The trainee's surname and first names; 2° The start and end dates of the on-the-job training peri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°-0 bis: Priority urban policy districts

Article 1383 C ter

Unless the municipality or public inter-municipal cooperation body with its own tax system decides otherwise, in accordance with the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, properties located…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 167-1

Where the conclusions of the expert opinion are such as to lead to the application of the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 122-1 of the Criminal Code providing that a person is not crimina…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-27

At least four Social and Economic Committee meetings a year deal in whole or in part with the Committee's responsibilities in the areas of health, safety and working conditions, and more frequently if…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 M

…ce period mentioned in article 1467 A, belong to a company that satisfies the following conditions: 1° The company is a small or medium-sized enterprise within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Reg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124

…ne exploitation minière, les intérêts, arrérages, primes de remboursement et tous autres produits : 1° Des créances hypothécaires, privilégiées et chirographaires, à l'exclusion de celles représentées…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Specialised counter-terrorism assistants

Article D47-6-18

The diploma allowing the performance of the duties of specialised assistant provided for in articles 706-25-2-1 and 706-25-15 validates training in at least one of the following subjects: I.-Penal law…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Equipment

Article A322-157

Helmets must be worn for the jumps defined in 1° and 2° of articles A. 322-150 and A. 322-151. Clothing and ancillary equipment must allow access to the functional controls for opening parachutes and…

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