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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-29

…r the application of this chapter to the establishments mentioned in articles R. 8111-9 and R. 8111-12, the Minister of Defence and the authorities he designates for this purpose are substituted for t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article R5212-31

The list of employers who have not fulfilled the obligations defined in articles L. 5212-2 and L. 5212-6 to L. 5212-11 is forwarded by the association mentioned in article L. 5214-1 to the Prefect of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-8

…holder or the company organises the collection of data by the prescribers mentioned in Article L. 5121-12-1. When the compassionate prescription framework concerns several medicinal products, the cos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director or deputy director of a national reference centre for communicable diseases

Article R6213-5

…inister for Health may, after obtaining the opinion of the committee referred to in article L. 6213-12, in its formation provided for in article R. 6213-19, individually authorise the persons referred…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Corsica

Article L1424-81

…lating to the adoption of the budget and the administrative account in application of articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20, as well as those referred to in Articles L. 1424-26 et L. 1424-82.The maximum al…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article L3512-25

I.-In addition to the unique identifier referred to in Article L. 3512-23, unit packets of tobacco products manufactured, imported from a non-EU Member State or originating from an EU Member State mus…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1599 quater D

…paragraph, reduced by the share that this tax would have procured if the departmental tax rate for 2018 had been applied.From the tax assessments drawn up in respect of 2021, the proceeds apportioned…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 G

…mount provided for in I of Article 46 of Law n° 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.The proceeds mentioned in the second paragraph of this article shall be distributed among all nat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-2

…21-44 du même code;4° S'agissant du produit de l'accise sur les énergies mentionnée à l'article L. 312-1 of the code of taxes on goods and services and levied on diesel and petrol in mainland France,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1621-3

…nce the individual right to training of local elected representatives, provided for in Articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1 and L. 7227-12-1 of this code and in article L. 1…

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