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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Powers

Article L5217-3

Without prejudice to article L. 2212-2 and notwithstanding article L. 2213-32, the president of the metropolitan council exercises the powers enabling him to regulate external fire defence. Without pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-4-2

The labour inspectorate control officer or the equivalent control officer mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 8112-1 who establishes, where applicable upon receipt of the declaration mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Occupational exposure limit values

Article R4431-3

…on provided by the individual hearing protectors worn by the worker. The exposure values defined in 2° and 3° of the same article do not take into account the effect of the use of these protectors.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L283-2

…gulations applicable locally and in compliance with the powers of the collectivity of Saint-Martin; 2° In article L. 233-4 is deleted; 4° In Article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Unique company identification number.

Article D123-235

The unique identification number which alone may be required of a company in its dealings with the administrations, persons or bodies listed in Article L. 123-32 is the identity number assigned to it…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal penalties

Article L762-2

The collection of information contained in the file mentioned in article L. 751-1 by persons other than the Banque de France and the companies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 751-2 is p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: EXAMINATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION AT THE FRONTIER

Article L351-2

…or manifestly unfounded, in exceptional circumstances and only in the cases provided for in 1° and 2° of Article L. 531-26 and 5° of article

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application.

Article L7231-2

…ees will specify 1° The content of the personal services activities mentioned in Article L. 7231-1; 2° A ceiling in terms of the value or working time of home-based services enabling the activities li…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 267

…ncluded in the taxable amount:1° Taxes, duties and levies of any kind except value added tax itself.2° Expenses ancillary to the supply of goods or services such as commission, interest, packaging, tr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2142-11

…ecific skills to carry out the biological activities of medically assisted procreation mentioned in 2° of article R. 2142-1 : 1° Be a medical biologist within the meaning of articles L. 6213-1, L. 621…

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