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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: General provisions

Article 311 bis

…nistration. The beneficiaries of such exemptions are subject to the obligations set out in articles 327 and 328. The conditions for issuing and withdrawing exemptions are laid down by order of the Sta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article R131-3

The Vice-President of the Council of State approves the expenditure of the National Court of Asylum.To this end, he may delegate his signature to the Secretary General and Deputy Secretaries General o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Control of training expenditure and activities.

Article L6361-3

The administrative and financial control of expenditure and activities covers all the financial, technical and teaching resources, excluding teaching qualities, used for vocational training.This contr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-32

…ne or more members, acting either individually or under the conditions provided for in Article R. 223-31, the court may only rule if the company has been duly challenged through its legal representati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Night work

Article R3163-3

In the bakery and pastry-making sectors, night work for young workers may be authorised before 6 a.m. and, at the earliest, from 4 a.m. to enable young workers to take part in a complete bread or past…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Age conditions for medically assisted procreation and self-preservation of gametes

Article R2141-37

The age conditions required by Article L. 2141-12 to benefit from gamete self-preservation with a view to subsequent medically assisted procreation are set as follows: 1° Oocytes may be retrieved from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-31

The General Meeting elects for four years two censors chosen from among the natural persons who are members of the company and who are responsible for subsequently reporting to the General Meeting on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article R4425-3

The commission may only validly deliberate if the number of members present is at least equal to half the number of members in office. If this number is not reached, a new notice is sent to the member…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms and conditions of access

Article R4451-32

Unclassified workers may have access to a blue or green supervised zone and to a radon zone subject to authorisation by the employer on the basis of the individual assessment of the risk due to ionisi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article R4623-31

…e rules relating to the practice of the nursing profession determined in application of Article L. 4311-1 of the Public Health Code.

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