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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-6

…l risk management programmes and complementary actions".II - For the application of article L. 1434-10 to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the second sentence of the second paragraph of I is worded as follow…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies EA

…tion work defined by decree, up to a limit of €50,000 for a single, widowed or divorced person and €100,000 for a married couple. Taxpayers applying for the tax reduction waive the right to deduct the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-31

…hem. The securities referred to in the last paragraph of article 19 tervicies of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, held directly or indirectly by a central body within…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between a supplementary occupational pension fund and an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-8

…mployees is sought under the conditions and according to the procedures defined in articles R. 2232-10 to R. 2232-12 of the same code; 2° Where the contract is taken out by a group of employers, by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-12

…ny to vote on the approval of the merger;2° The reports referred to in Articles L. 236-9 and L. 236-10 when the minority shareholders of the absorbed company have been offered, prior to the merger, th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-38

…t with foodstuffs 6° The provisions of Articles 2 to 6 and 8 to 19 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article D436-2

The annual tax paid by employers of foreign labour provided for in Article L. 436-10 of the Code de l'entrée et du séjour des étrangers et du droit d'asile (Code on the Entry and Residence of Foreigne…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22-1

…ction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to the first ten thousand communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants or mentioned in I of article L. 2334-22-2, from among those eligible for at least…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Bodies and operations

Article L5211-11-1

…by videoconference, this fact is mentioned in the notice of meeting provided for in article L. 2121-10. The rules of procedure set out the practical arrangements for videoconferencing. The rules of pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…defined by regulation pursuant to article L. 5121-20; 9° Not practising his profession personally; 10° Not having himself regularly replaced when he is absent from the pharmacy of which he is the pro…

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