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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hearing and deliberation

Article R4234-26

The Chairman of the Disciplinary Board chairs the proceedings. He first gives the floor to the rapporteur to read his report. The chairman then gives the floor to the parties and, where appropriate, t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-26

When an animal has been banned, it may not return to competition until it has undergone a new test carried out, at the applicant's expense, under the conditions set out in articles R. 241-4 to R. 241-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Assembly and dismantling of lifts.

Article R4543-26

Lifts are assembled and dismantled using a safe method. This is established for assembly and, where applicable, for dismantling on the basis of the information supplied by the manufacturer.The lift as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 CA

…and non-taxable legal entities likely to benefit from the provisions of 2° of I of Article 256 bis may, at their request, pay the tax on their intra-Community acquisitions. The option takes effect on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R4441-26

…timate suspicion of the provisions relating to the request for recusation, provided for as the case may be, in articles 341 to 348 of the code of civil procedure of New Caledonia or in articles 200 to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9: Sanctions against third parties

Article 1740 A

The fact of knowingly issuing documents, such as certificates, receipts, statements, invoices or attestations, enabling a taxpayer to unduly obtain a deduction from taxable income or profit, a tax cre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Text and data mining for the sole purpose of scientific research

Article R122-26

…of the latter, within a reasonable period of time, or when the contract is concluded when lawful access to the work takes the form of contractual authorisation: -the proportionate and necessary measu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 267 bis

…d to sales to farmers, for the purposes of their family consumption, of products manufactured by processing companies from agricultural products supplied by these farmers, value added tax is only paya…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-26

When they are distributed or transferred, the tissues, their derivatives, the cells or the cell therapy preparations are accompanied by the documents mentioned in Article R. 1211-19 and Article R. 121…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-26

…e youth commitment contract is implemented by the public or private bodies mentioned in article L. 5131-6, under the conditions set out in this sub-section. These bodies may also contribute to the imp…

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