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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 0-II bis: Reduction in property tax on undeveloped land relating to plots farmed by young farmers

Article 1647-00 bis

…1 January 1992 and who benefit from the start-up grant provided for by the decree no. 81-246 of 17 March 1981 as amended and by the articles D. 343-9 to D. 343-12 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local biovigilance system

Article R1211-37

…oth operation of the system; 9° Transmitting an annual report to the Agence de la biomédecine by 31 March each year, summarising all incidents and adverse reactions and the frequency with which they o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

The design and construction obligations for placing machinery on the market do not apply to the following products: 1° Products which, although meeting the definition of machinery, are subject, exclus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission responsible for applications for authorisation to practise from successful candidates in knowledge verification tests

Article D4111-10

…five members sitting on the ordinal qualification commissions instituted byarticle 2 of decree no. 2004-252 of 19 March 2004 relating to the conditions under which doctors of medicine may obtain a sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of post-authorisation safety studies

Article R5121-178-2

…the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee referred to in Article 56 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004. The draft protocol is submitted…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23

…te of cessation of professional activity, provide for the possibility of surrender up to a limit of 20% of the value of the individual rights resulting from these contracts. The group insurance agreem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

…lent category under foreign law, who belongs to the same group within the meaning of Article L. 511-20, excluding mixed groups, a financial conglomerate within the meaning of Article L. 517-3 or a gro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-5

…gement of reception areas and rental family sites defined in 1° to 3° of II of Article 1 of Law no. 2000-614 of 5 July 2000 on the reception and housing of Travellers; 7° Collection and treatment of h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Special allocation relating to the conditions of exercise of local mandates.

Article R2335-1

…s benefiting from the first part whose population, as it results from the last census, is less than 200 inhabitants and whose per capita financial potential, as defined in article L. 2334-4, is less t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-24

…Remuneration received as part of the voluntary military service referred to inarticle 32 of law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 relating to military programming for the years 2019 to 2025 and containing…

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