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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of a State nursing diploma.

Article D4311-16

The State Nurse's Diploma is awarded by the regional prefect to candidates who have completed the preparatory course for the State Nurse's Diploma, unless dispensation is granted, and who have passed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prescription of a route

Article R5132-1-2

The prescription for a route is valid for up to twenty-four months from the date of issue of the receipt referred to in the last paragraph of article R. 5132-1-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prescription of a route

Article R5132-1-4

A person who has benefited from a pathway to integration through economic activity is not eligible for a new pathway within two years of the end of their previous pathway or, if the pathway has been t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prescription of a route

Article R5132-1-3

The prescription of a pathway is suspended when the work contract within a structure mentioned in article L. 5132-4 is suspended for more than 15 days, broken or terminated. The suspension is declared…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1523

The tax is imposed in the name of the owners or usufructuaries and payable against them and their principal tenants (1). Civil or military civil servants and employees housed in buildings belonging to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1520

I. - Municipalities that provide at least household waste collection may institute a tax intended to provide for the expenses of the household waste collection and treatment service and the waste ment…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1524

In the event of a vacancy lasting more than three months, the tax may be discharged or reduced on the basis of a complaint submitted in accordance with the conditions laid down in such cases for prope…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1525

In communes with a total population not exceeding 5,000 inhabitants, the deliberations of the municipal councils relating to the tax for the removal of household waste may provide that the total reven…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1522

…ished on the basis of the net income serving as the basis for the property tax, defined by Article 1388.The tax base for dwellings occupied by civil servants and civilian or military employees referre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1521

…n article 1523.Properties exempt from property tax on built-up properties pursuant to I of article 1382 E.II. - The following are exempt:Factories,Locations of a non-industrial or commercial nature re…

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