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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article D5131-19

I.-The fixed monthly amount of the allowance mentioned in article L. 5131-6 is set at: 1° For a young person of full age at : a) €500 when the young person is a member of, or is attached to, a non-tax…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-59

I.-The Agence technique de l'information sur l'hospitalisation (ATIH) submits to each establishment on the list drawn up in application of article R. 6113-58 a proposed agreement containing the recipr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers' breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit val…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-9

…enew residential leases, provided for : - in article 1736 of the Civil Code;- in Act no. 48-1360 du 1er septembre 1948 portant modification et codification de la législation relative aux rapports des…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-13-1

…provisions relating to the right of access and portability of data provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 15: Electronic communications services contracts

Article D224-58

…terminating the bundled offer or elements thereof; 4° Without prejudice to Article 13 of Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, information relating to per…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39

1. Net profit is established after deduction of all expenses, which include, subject to the provisions of 5, in particular:1° Overheads of all kinds, staff and labour expenses, rent on buildings lease…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

I. - French companies that invest abroad with a view to setting up a sales establishment, a design office or an information office, either directly or through a company in which they hold at least 10%…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2651-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, su…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2661-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this Title, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia to public contracts concluded by the State or its public establishments, subject to the…

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