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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Safety data sheet

Article R4411-73

…le IV and Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Technical requirements during building and civil engineering works.

Article R4535-2

…ctly on a building or civil engineering site, are only subject to the provisions of article R. 4534-18 concerning the examination of equipment, machinery, installations or protective devices on sites…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-19

…ntioned in I and in 6° and 7° of II of Article R. 6213-17 as well as in 3° to 9° of Article R. 6213-18.The central director of the armed forces health service or his representative takes part in the w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article Annexe art. A132-4

…oup contract with optional membership, by the member, indication of the main characteristics, which may be validly carried out by providing the key information document or the specific information doc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct.

Article D533-15

…rs or any other legal or economic relationship, such as a contractual relationship so close that it may affect the independence of the advice provided;- they provide clients with a periodic assessment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised courts

Article 706-77

The public prosecutor at a judicial court may, for offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73, with the exception of 11° and 18°, 706-73-1 and 706-74, request the investigating judge to reli…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86

…n investigation, the Agency shall examine the results of the analyses referred to in article L. 232-18, the biological profile referred to in article L. 232-12-1 and any other information or intellige…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Offences relating to changes in share capital

Article L242-17

…value and, where applicable, by the entire issue premium. The penalty provided for in this article may be doubled where the shares or share denominations issued have been the subject of an offer to t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 I ter

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty transfers of co-ownership shares in classified hotels, tourist reside…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-10

…are set by the Director in accordance with the procedures defined in articles R. 6145-13 to R. 6145-18 and in compliance with the conditions set out in article R. 6145-11.The budget may, where necessa…

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