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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Financial assistance

Article R5134-45

…e paiement or, where applicable, the département or the body designated by it under article R. 5134-40, all the sums already received in respect of work integration assistance.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Practice in overseas departments.

Article R5125-44

By way of derogation from the provisions of article R. 5125-40, in the departments of Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Reunion, the replacement of a dispensary holder for an absence of more than thr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter: Provisions relating to the publication of criminal decisions

Article R8211-7

…with the Minister for Employment (Directorate General for Employment), pursuant to articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1767

…the provisions of the same article, wrongly mention the income they distribute as eligible for the 40% allowance are liable to a tax fine equal to 25% of the amount of the income in question. These f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer care

Article D6124-131-8

…e National Cancer Institute, which complements the shared medical file mentioned in article R. 1111-40.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions and testing programmes

Article R1322-41

…health monitoring and control operations provided for in articles R. 1322-9, R. 1322-39 and R. 1322-40. An order from the Minister for Health specifies the nature and frequency of the analyses, depend…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions

Article R4451-134

…tions provided for in section 6 of this chapter, notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 4451-40 and R. 4451-44, in compliance with the organisational and resource requirements necessary for the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Natural sweet wines

Article 417 bis

…least 90% of which come from aromatic grape varieties;- come from plots whose yield does not exceed 40 hectolitres per hectare of vines in production;- be made from musts with an initial natural sugar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-42

…eir amount, payable by the person sanctioned and intended to finance victim support. Article L. 612-40 X applies to this increase and the reasons it gives are used to determine the amount. The penalti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office.

Article R3123-8-4

…From the seventh month following the start of payment of the allowance, the amount is increased to 40%..

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