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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-33-1

…II of article L. 3222-5-1, the request is presented under the conditions set out in article R. 3211-10. The application must be accompanied by the documents mentioned in article R. 3211-12 , as well a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article R3321-4

…exceed the amount of the operating surplus brought forward in accordance with 2° of article R. 3312-10. The cumulative amount of income allocated to reserves may not exceed fifty percent of the averag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4451-58

…ual exposure and access to dosimetric results;9° What to do in the event of an accident or incident;10° Special rules relating to a radiological emergency;11° Where applicable, aspects relating to saf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…meaning of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in successive shifts, or have habitually worked two hundred nights or more per y…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-28

…ome dialysis units operate; 3° The tasks and activities mentioned in articles R. 5126-9 and R. 5126-10, carried out by the internal-use pharmacy on its own behalf or on behalf of another internal-use…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R444-3

…their rights with regard to compensation schemes for workers deprived of employment" are deleted; 10° In article R. 421-5, the words: "or initial secondment" and the words: "or extension of his seco…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-3

…5, the words: "or initial secondment" and the words: "or extension of his secondment" are deleted; 10° Article R. 421-7 reads as follows: "Art. R. 421-7.-The provisions of Article L. 421-5 are applic…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 9: Control of securities

Article 67 quater

As from the date of entry into force of the Convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, customs officers vested with the duties of head of post or officials designated by them holding the grade of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Appointment of a representative in France

Article 289 A

…strument relating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to sanitation

Article L2224-8

…g down harmonised marketing conditions for construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC, competent in the field of sanitation products and designated by order of the ministers resp…

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