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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-9

…ion of the President and under his chairmanship, the Assembly shall elect the members of the Standing Committee under the same quorum condition as that provided for in article L. 4422-8. The Standing…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L6241-1

…e apprenticeship tax is to promote equal access to apprenticeships and to contribute to the financing of apprenticeship development initiatives under the conditions set out in article L. 6241-2. It is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat:1° The conditions under which any undertaking comprising at least one pharmaceutical establishment must be owned by a pharmacist or by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-2

I.-Only the following may prepare veterinary medicinal products extemporaneously, hold them with a view to selling them to users and dispense them by retail, whether free of charge or in return for pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes.

Article R123-38

The natural person also declares, with regard to his activity and establishment:1° The activity or activities carried out corresponding to the nomenclature of activities defined by decree, possibly sp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-8-2

I. - The income tax report provided for in Article L. 232-6 is presented using a model and machine-readable electronic return formats published by order of the Minister responsible for the economy. II…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L7123-5

Immediately after the election of the President and under his chairmanship, the Assembly of French Guiana shall set the number of Vice-Presidents and other members of the Standing Committee.The member…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations of the payee's payment service provider

Article L722-11

…he payee's payment service provider shall apply effective procedures to detect whether, in the messaging or payment and settlement system used to effect a transfer of funds, the fields required to con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-23

…to import tissues, their derivatives or cells from the human body, whatever their level of processing, as provided for in the first paragraph of II of article L. 1245-5-1, are sent by pharmaceutical e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1331-14

Within the meaning and for the application of this section, the following definitions apply: 1° Surroundings: spaces located in the immediate vicinity of the dwelling and the facilities they contain;…

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