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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to practise within the framework of the provision of services

Article R222-28

…one of these States to carry out the activity of sports agent and who intend to carry it out in France on a temporary and occasional basis, must submit a declaration in accordance with the conditions…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Conditions for carrying out tax missions

Article 285 duodecies

The provisions of the General Tax Code and the Book of Tax Procedures applicable to the turnover taxes provided for by this same code also apply to the taxes provided for by the Customs Code, which ar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 bis

…which are contained in imported goods, are subject to compensation taxes which are intended to balance the tax burden with similar products of national origin. Decrees issued by the Minister for the E…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Conditions for carrying out tax missions

Article 285 decies

…fiscal duties entrusted to it: 1° For taxes other than those mentioned in 2°, under the conditions set out in this code for each of these taxes; 2° For taxes collected and audited in accordance with t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Conditions for carrying out tax missions

Article 285 undecies

For the performance by the customs and excise administration of its duties relating to taxes recovered in accordance with the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-28

…s within a thirty-day period shall convene and consult the Social and Economic Committee in accordance with the conditions set out in this paragraph.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: The "portage salarial" company

Article L1254-28

Obligations relating to occupational medicine are the responsibility of the freelance administration company.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-28

The declaration of candidacy results from the submission by electronic means of a list of candidates for each industrial tribunal by the representatives of the organisations to which seats have been a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for recognising the evidential value of documents containing personal health data created or reproduced in digital form and for destroying documents stored in a form other than digital

Article L1111-28

…ere the document to which the signature is affixed is created on a digital medium, the signature process complies with the conditions of the second paragraph of article 1367 of the Civil Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-28

The person responsible or his successor for a nuclear activity or a past or present professional activity likely to cause, directly or indirectly, exposure of persons to ionising radiation or to emiss…

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