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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…et des maladies professionnelles ;24° L'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale ;25° L'Institut national de l'environnement industriel et des risques;26° L'Institut de radioprotecti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 74-2

Officers of the judicial police, assisted where necessary by agents of the judicial police, may, on the instructions of the public prosecutor, carry out the acts provided for in the Articles 56 to 62…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-10

…ng to the use of a specific payment instrument, as well as the conditions under which these charges may be changed; h) The securities and insurance required, where applicable; i) Where applicable, the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 bis G

…or, where applicable, of any term of office held within the parent company.II.Joint stock companies may allocate non-transferable business creator share warrants issued under the conditions provided f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-14

…a freelance administration employment contract for a service activity, in disregard of Article L. 1254-5 ; 2° Concludes a freelance administration employment contract without complying with the provi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-7

…ynesia or New Caledonia, it shall inform the Overseas Issuing Institute mentioned in Article L. 721-25 of the Monetary and Financial Code. The latter informs the Banque de France for the purposes of r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-13

…esentatives of the ministers responsible for higher education, research, health and social security may attend meetings of the independent scientific commissions in an advisory capacity.In the absence…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…7-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives; 2° Sums paid into the share savings plan may also be used to subscribe for : a) Shares in open-ended investment companies that invest more th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…p: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €160,000 and greater than or equal to €25,000; 3° Third group: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €25,000 and greate…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R771-1

…esulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 712-12 Resulting from Decree no. 2017-896 of 9 May 2017 R. 712-13 to R. 712-19 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 713-2 Resultin…

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