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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Model agency authorisation and operating conditions

Article R7124-16

The approved modelling agency records in a special register: 1 The identity and address of the children selected or employed as well as those of their legal representatives; 2 The date, place and time…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Administrative penalties

Article R7122-26

An administrative fine of up to €800 for a natural person and up to €2,000 for a legal entity may be imposed for failure to mention the number of the valid receipt for the declaration on communication…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-48

…1° High frequency trading transactions taxable underarticle 235 ter ZD bis of the General Tax Code; 2° Transactions on forward financial instruments whose underlying element is an agricultural commodi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Psychiatric care programme

Article R3211-1

…are programme indicates whether the patient's care includes one or more of the methods mentioned in 2° of article L. 3211-2-1 as well as the existence of medication prescribed as part of psychiatric c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-3

The Regional Health Agency concludes the multiannual contracts for objectives and resources provided for in Article L. 6114-1. It may, with the participation of local and regional authorities, enter i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIa: Redemption premiums and capitalised interest

Article 238 septies E

I. - Constitutes a redemption premium:1. For the negotiable loans referred to in article 118 and 6° and 7° of Article 120, the negotiable debt securities referred to in article 124 B and all other neg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of implementation

Article L6211-18

…blishment or an element of the armed forces health service within the meaning of Article L. 6147-7 ;2° Or, for reasons related to the patient's state of health, in categories of premises that meet the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other offences.

Article L654-9

…covered by the proceedings, all without prejudice to the application of Article 121-7 du code pénal;2° For any person, to fraudulently declare in the safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-19

When the facts mentioned in Article L. 5212-2 are brought to the attention of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by a user or a third party…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4321-32-1

…subject the person concerned to an aptitude test within two months of receipt of the application; 2° Or, in the case of an application to practise the profession in France, may, where appropriate, s…

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