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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers' breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit val…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-3

For the application of this book in French Polynesia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals shall be exercised under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally and in co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-39

…may only be imposed for services not covered by the authorisation issued by the European Central Bank. For these same institutions and for activities that fall within the scope of the authorisation is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-7

…s determines in particular :I.-The rules of professional practice that apply to issuers when they make offers to the public, with the exception of those mentioned in 1° of Article L. 411-2 or 2 or 3 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-5

…g: territorial coherence plan and sector plan; local town planning scheme, town planning document taking its place and communal map; definition, creation and implementation of development operations o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L785-2

…6-731 of 3 June 2016 L. 612-43 Law 2016-1528 of 15 November 2016 L. 612-44 with the exception of 1° bis and 1° ter of its IIOrder 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 612-45 Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 H

…ding deficits, charges and allowances deductible from overall income.2. The income tax and income taken into account mentioned in 1 are those of the penultimate year for the calculation of the rate re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interest rates

Article R313-1

…it period. The ratio is calculated, where applicable, to at least one decimal place.If the credit takes the form of an opening of drawing rights intended to finance the needs of a professional activit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R446-3

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals shall be exercised under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally and in compl…

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

Article D4211-11

…arabic. As is In powder form Aqueous dry extract Marsh Ache. Apium graveolens L. Apiaceae Root stock. As is In powder form Yarrow. Yarrow. Achillea millefolium L. Asteraceae Flowering tops. As is Aga…

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