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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Informing users and expressing their wishes

Article R1521-2

…Territories in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-137 of 26 February 2018. Articles R. 1111-17 to R. 1111-20 are applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the version re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article R812-18-2

…egistration and disciplinary commission. The provisions of articles R. 811-14, R. 811-16 and R. 811-17 are applicable to the training period referred to in the first paragraph.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-21

…direct payment to employees of the partial activity allowance under Articles R. 5122-16 and R. 5122-17: a) The connection identifiers ; b) Employees' surname, first name, civil status, date of birth,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…lies to the functional allowances mentioned in I of article 80 undecies B, up to an amount equal to 17% of the amount of the salary corresponding to the terminal gross index of the civil service index…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R446-3

…ropean Blue Card talent passport and the mobility programme talent-researcher passport are deleted; 17° In article R. 421-26, the reference to the passport talent-researcher-mobility programme is dele…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

…the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in 2° of article 80 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, make available t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Sports agents' reporting obligations

Article R222-32

…ie des contrats ci-dessous énumérés : 1° Contrats mentionnés au deuxième alinéa de l'article L. 222-17, en exécution desquels il met en rapport les parties intéressées à la conclusion d'un contrat rel…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-2

…of the application sent at least fifteen days before the planned date of the event. " "Art. D. 3335-17 of the Public Health Code. For each derogation requested, the application must specify the operat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2681-4

…racting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC," are deleted; 4° In Article L. 2341-1, the references to articles 1741 to 1743…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-32

The categories of offences for which an investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° of article 694-31 are as follows:

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