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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article D1142-59-1

…medicinal products, for which the Office is responsible underArticle 67 of Law No. 2008-1330 of 17 December 2008 on the financing of social security for 2009, and the amount of other operating expens…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-31

…t it benefits from aid granted by the support fund created by article 92 of law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on finance for 2014, the Corsican local authority may deduct from this outstanding deb…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97

…nstructed or manufactured before the entry into force of the provisions of decree no. 96-1133 of 24 December 1996 relating to the ban on asbestos, adopted in application of the Labour Code and the Con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award conditions relating to the employee

Article R5123-29

…ed fifteen years of assembly-line work within the meaning of c) of article 70-3 of the decree of 29 December 1945 as amended by decree no. 76-404 of 10 May 1976 or work in successive shifts, or have h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-12

…h the principles of independence and impartiality. Taking cognisance of the facts and circumstances 16. The statutory auditor shall enquire about: -the purpose and nature of the engagement or service…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 262-00 bis

…f Cyprus in application of the treaty relating to the creation of the Republic of Cyprus, signed on 16 August 1960, for their use, for the use of the civilian staff accompanying them or for supplying…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R48-1

…t paragraph of article R. 2241-19 of the Transport Code; c) Article 5 of Decree no. 2008-1455 of 30 December 2008 relating to the declaration and identification of certain motorised vehicles not autho…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…B who carry out reconstruction, extension, repair or improvement work between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2012. This tax reduction applies: a) To expenditure relating to a dwelling, forming part of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-11

…rect purchasers, provided that these contracts have been made compulsory in accordance with Article 164 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of 17 December 2013 before 1 January 2019 and that their extensi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Departmental mining fee

Article 1587

…om deposits located beyond 1 nautical mile of the baselines defined in Article 2 of Ordinance no. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 on maritime areas under the sovereignty or jurisdiction of the French Rep…

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