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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Building and civil engineering operations.

Article L4744-4

…inting a coordinator who does not meet the conditions defined by decree pursuant to Article L. 4532-18; 3° Failing to draw up the general co-ordination plan provided for in Article L. 4532-8; 4° Failu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-3

…cation in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna islands of the fourth paragraph of article L. 5125-18, the words: "la Réunion, de la Martinique, de la Guadeloupe, de Saint-Barthélemy, de Saint-Martin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article R612-3

…hundred or more employees or whose turnover excluding tax or resources is equal to or greater than 18,000,000 euros, are required to draw up the documents mentioned in Article L. 612-2. These criteri…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-11

…is or her spouse or partner with whom he or she is in a civil union, aged at least eighteen, if the marriage or civil union took place after the date on which his or her asylum application was lodged,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on offering advantages

Article L1453-4

…lated by this code, to osteopaths and chiropractors mentioned inarticle 75 of law no. 2002-303 of 4 March 2002 relating to patients' rights and the quality of the health system and to psychotherapists…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-10

…ar year within the same timeframe as that applicable to the value added tax return for the month of March or the first quarter of the calendar year. They pay any additional tax due to the accounting a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-25

…visional arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Convention of 10 March 1995 on simplified extradition procedure between the Member States of the European Union, it s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-1

…bstances to foods; 3° Food supplements within the meaning of Article 2 of Decree No. 2006-352 of 20 March 2006 on food supplements; 4° Foodstuffs covered by Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article R732-14

I. - Pursuant to 8° of article 6-2 of Organic Law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, articles R. 151-1 to R. 151-17 are automatically applicable in New Caledon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5121-51

In order to obtain a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product which is not covered by the marketing authorisation procedure issued by the European Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/…

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