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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Traceability

Article R3512-33

…r code is required in the following cases: 1° Total cessation of the economic operator's activity ; 2° Cessation of activity related to tobacco ; 3° Loss of the status of supplier, approved manufactur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing dose overruns

Article R4451-94

…ew prior fitness certificate attesting to the absence of any medical contraindication to such work; 2° The prior agreement of the worker concerned who has received, from the occupational physician, in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 121

…he obligation to hand them over to the concession-granting authority at the end of the concession ; 2° Repayments from reserves incorporated into capital before 1 January 1949 and sums incorporated be…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-4

…have been convicted under Article L. 1146-1 of the same Code or Article 225-1 of the Criminal Code; 2° On 31 December of the year preceding that in which the contract award procedure is launched, have…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions specific to Book V

Article L2645-1

…ation of the legislative provisions of Book V in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° In article L. 2512-1, 2° is worded as follows: "2° A legal instrument such as an international agreement relating to works…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-13

…el et de résolution is informed of the withdrawal of authorisation of an undertaking referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 310-2 by the supervisory authority of the State in which the head office of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-65

…s that an industrial tribunal member may claim to have devoted to studying the cases referred to in 2° of article R. 1423-55 may not exceed the periods set out in the table below: ACTIVITYNUMBER OF HO…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII BIS: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article R681-1

…ties and off-balance sheet commitments and the summary inventory of the debtor's assets required by 2° and 5° to 7° of article R. 621-1 and 3° and 5° to 7° of article R. 631-1 are presented with a dis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-121

…the following data: 1° The personal identifier in the register referred to in article D. 4113-118 ; 2° The surname and first name of the practising professional ; 3° Professional qualifications and ti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Rehabilitation, re-education and vocational training.

Article L5213-3-1

I.-The agreement for occupational re-education in a company is concluded between the employer, the employee and the primary health insurance fund or the general social security fund referred to in art…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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