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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions applicable to work equipment used for lifting loads

Article R4323-32

By way of derogation from article R. 4323-31, work equipment not designed for lifting people may be used: 1° Either to access a workstation or to perform work when the use of equipment specially desig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to each medical profession.

Article R4113-15

…mentioned in the first paragraph or in 1° to 4° of the second paragraph of article 5 of the law of 31 December 1990 is prohibited to any supplier, distributor or manufacturer of products related to t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article D6124-204

…each of the social and medico-social establishments with accommodation mentioned in I of Article L. 312-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles or covered byArticle L. 162-31 of the Social S…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
15° bis : Tax reduction for loans taken out to take over a business

Article 199 terdecies-0 B

…conditions are met:a) The purchaser undertakes to retain the shares in the company taken over until 31 December of the fifth year following the year of acquisition;b) The shares acquired as part of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8-1

…en a region is formed by grouping together several regions, in accordance with Article 1 of Law no. 2015-29 of 16 January 2015 on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-9

…ten agreement shall cover, as a minimum, the points listed in Annex IV to Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards procedures for verifying equiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article D3821-12

Articles D. 3121-1 to D. 3121-14 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Articles D. 3121-21 to D. 3121-23-1 and D. 3121-24 to D. 3121-26, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2015-796 of 1st July 201…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-298

…rator's powers; e) Ordering the partial cessation of business pursuant to articles L. 622-10 or L. 631-15;f) Adopting the safeguard or recovery plan, with an indication of the name of the commissioner…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-16

…ubstituted for it, in respect of the same head of loss and within the limits provided for inarticle 31 of the aforementioned law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985. They must act within two years of the claim…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article R541-1

…RTICLES IN THEIR REACTION R. 512-1 to R. 512-5, R. 512-7 to R. 512-21, R. 512-23, R. 512-30, R. 512-31, R. 512-35, R. 512-37 and R. 512-38Resulting from décret n° 2018-1116 du 10 décembre 2018

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