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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibitions, declarations and notifications

Article R3512-13

I.-The notification referred to in III of article L. 3512-17 includes the following information: 1° A detailed description of the product and instructions for its use; 2° The information on the ingred…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Right to support

Article R5131-6

The State concludes multi-year agreements on objectives with the local missions. Local authorities and their groupings also sign these agreements when they participate in the financing of local missio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4332-1

Persons fulfilling the conditions defined in articles L. 4332-2, L. 4332-4 and L. 4332-5 are authorised to perform, on medical prescription and after a neuropsychological examination of the patient by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Honorary professional journalist identity card

Article R7111-14

In support of their application for an honorary professional journalist's card, applicants must provide : 1° Proof of identity and nationality ; 2° A curriculum vitae certified on their honour, indica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-128

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may issue to veterinary pharmaceutical establishments exporting medicated feeding…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-43-4

The organisation approved as an integration workshop and site sends the Agence de services et de paiement a copy of the agreement referred to in article D. 5135-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-5

Creditors registered on a business may also, even under private deeds, have the sale of the business ordered, eight days after a summons to pay made to the debtor and the third party holder, if any, h…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Value added tax

Article 293 C

The exemption referred to in I and IV of article 293 B is not applicable:1° To the transactions referred to in I of article 257 ; 2° To the transactions referred to in Article 298 bis ; 3° To transact…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Token issuers

Article L552-1

Any issuer making a public offer of tokens and applying for approval from the Autorité des marchés financiers under the conditions set out in Articles L. 552-4 to L. 552-7 shall be subject to the obli…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-production aid

Article 322-14

To be eligible for aid for the pre-production of video games, video game creation companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be incorporated as a commercial company;2° Be established in France;3°…

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