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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-7

…fined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, for placing on the market, free of charge or for consideration, a cosmetic product…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article R562-9

…m the date of receipt of the application file and the decision referred to in 2°, after a period of 30 days. If the decision is subject to the agreement of an international body, the periods provided…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R6123-19

The budget for the year is submitted to the Board of Directors for approval before 30 November of the previous year. If, before the start of the financial year, the budget has not been approved by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Educational and financial review

Article R6352-23

…edures defined in the second paragraph, to the ministry responsible for vocational training, before 30 April each year. This report may be sent by electronic means using the teleservice provided for i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Entertainment, advertising and fashion professions

Article R7523-1

For the application of article R. 7122-30 to Mayotte, the words: "and occupying one of the jobs defined by the agreement relating to the application of the unemployment insurance scheme to these profe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: BORDER CONTROLS

Article L331-1

In accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Sc…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

On the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 142…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of the "appellation d'origine contrôlée" logo

Article L431-3

An official visual identification sign, known as the "appellation d'origine contrôlée" logo, within the meaning of Article 2 of Article 6 ter of the Paris Convention of 20 March 1883 for the Protectio…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 159 quinquies

I. The distribution by sociétés immobilières d'investissement governed by I of Article 33 of Law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963 to their shareholders and by sociétés immobilières de gestion governed by A…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Community of movables and acquests.

Article 1499

Under this regime, in addition to the debts that would form part of it under the legal regime, a fraction of the debts of which the spouses were already burdened when they married, or of which they ar…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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