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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-1

…nal Health Agency shall mention in the order provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 5125-18 the names of the roads, natural boundaries or transport infrastructures that delimit the district…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-19

…ns mentioned in article L. 7124-16. He shall also require proof, in accordance with article L. 7124-18, of the origin and identity of all children placed under the supervision of the persons mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-21

…ve of a list checks and certifies that this list meets the conditions laid down in articles L. 1441-18 to L. 1441-20. The individual candidacy declarations of each candidate on the list are attached t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Duties towards colleagues

Article R4312-88

…may enlist the help of one or more self-employed colleagues, under the conditions set out inarticle 18 of law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises. Each of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Accommodation

Article L552-6

…esigns, implements and manages, under the conditions provided for by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

…takes effect within the timeframes set out in article 1594 E. However, decisions taken prior to 30 April 1989 may be applied to acts passed on or after 1 March 1988.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-8

…nal information under the conditions set out in Article 7(3) of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014. If it requests additional information, the Committee may decide to issue a favourable op…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to beneficiaries of people's savings passbook accounts.

Article R221-38

…e second consecutive year or has been unable to prove that they do. Such an account is closed by 30 April of the second year at the latest and the sums in it are transferred to another account opened…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-23

Before 30 April each year, the authorised issuer of the special payment voucher referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 sends the Minister responsible for personal services and the Banque de France, by…

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