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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competent administrative authority

Article R*1233-3-4

The administrative authority referred to in Articles L. 1233-39, L. 1233-46, L. 1233-48 to L. 1233-50, L. 1233-53 and L. 1233-56 to L. 1233-57-8 is the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Aa: Correction applied to allowances when the departmental share of property tax on built-up properties is transferred to the communes

Article 1518 quater

…te of rental value allowances mentioned in articles 1518 A and 1518 A quater is equal to the ratio between: 1° On the one hand, the sum of the products, calculated respectively for the municipality an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duties acquisitions by mutual pension societies for veterans and victims of war who benefit from the St…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-15

…practise the activities of the profession of masseur-physiotherapist as defined by : 1° Articles L. 4321-1 and R. 4321-1 to R. 4321-13 of the Public Health Code; 2° The reference frameworks of activit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-2

…e care and multi-purpose paediatric intensive care, and speciality intensive care where applicable; 2° Intensive care and multi-purpose paediatric intensive care, and speciality intensive care where a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-4-2

When an accused person is remanded in custody, the examining magistrate may decide to prohibit him/her from corresponding in writing with one or more persons that he/she designates, in view of the req…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-2

…bcontractor due to damage affecting a work or items of equipment of a work mentioned in articles 1792 and 1792-2 are prescribed by ten years from acceptance of the work and, for damage affecting those…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-2

Health professionals working in public or private medico-social services or establishments may, on their own initiative, draw up and implement local cooperation protocols by decision of the director o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-40-2

…tice sent to the community councillors or to the members of the trade union committee before each meeting of the deliberative body of the public inter-communal cooperation establishment, accompanied,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R711-47-2

If a merger between several chambers of commerce and industry attached to the same regional chamber of commerce and industry requires an election outside the year of the general renewal, the order on…

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