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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Sales of medicinal plants.

Article D4211-12

…l plants listed in the Pharmacopoeia has been authorised in food supplements pursuant to decree no. 2006-352 of 20 March 2006 relating to food supplements, these food supplements may be sold by person…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Contributions and equalisation of costs.

Article D5424-40

…eiving this information, reduce the companies' contributions for the remainder of the year by up to 20% of the rates initially set.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Establishments manufacturing, importing or distributing medicated feed.

Article R5142-60

The provisions relating to full-time practice and replacement contained in articles R. 5142-20 and R. 5142-22 to R. 5142-30 do not apply to the pharmacist or veterinarian mentioned in article R. 5142-…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-21

The following are considered to be fully deductible resources pursuant to 1° of article R. 5131-20: 1° Allowances paid to workers deprived of employment pursuant to Title II of Book IV of Part Five of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-23

…in a), a general-purpose investment fund may increase the limit of exposure to a single contract to 20% when, in accordance with the fund rules or the articles of association of the general-purpose in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-16

…966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 of the same law they may contain, concerning respectively the distribution of shares, the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Transport

Article L4424-20

…la Corse is substituted for the Office des transports de la région de Corse, instituted by article 20 of the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compét…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Mixed holding companies and mixed parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-10

…ticle L. 511-41-4 and Article L. 571-4 . They are also subject to the provisions of articles L. 612-20, L. 612-21, L. 612-24 to L. 612-27, L. 612-31 and L. 612-40 as well as article L. 612-23 for info…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-25

…y use the software covered by this chapter:1° Employees of the departments mentioned in article 230-20, individually designated and specially empowered, for the sole purposes of the investigations ref…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-23

For the "Authors and creative collaborators" group, the points, totalling 20, are allocated as follows: 1° Creative director or director: 3 points; 2° Person responsible for designing the mechanics of…

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