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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Fees for the issue of documents and miscellaneous levies

Article 954

A fee of €12 is charged for each foreign passport visa, the validity of which may not exceed one year, if the visa is valid for the outward and return journey, and €6 if it is valid only for the outwa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Prior declaration.

Article L4532-1

When the planned duration or volume of work on a building or civil engineering project exceeds certain thresholds, the project owner must submit a prior declaration before the work begins: 1° To the a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement.

Article L5134-101

…oyer modéré and Offices publics d'aménagement et de construction; 5° Private not-for-profit bodies; 6° Legal entities under private law entrusted with the management of a public service.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D32-2-4

…rivate residential premises, the examining magistrate may decide, as part of the costs mentioned in 6° of Article R. 92, to request a company to carry out technical work to clean the premises when it…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article R221-124

I. - The information communicated by the tax authorities pursuant to article R. 221-123 may not be communicated to the institution's sales department, which is informed only of the existence of anothe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-9

The threshold provided for in article L. 2135-6 is set at 230,000 euros at the end of each financial year. For the purposes of calculating the resources referred to in the first paragraph, the amount…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-12

By way of derogation from the provisions of articles D. 1221-6 to D. 1221-8, an order of the Minister for Health lays down the conditions under which, in order to meet overriding therapeutic needs or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific provisions for piercing the auricle and the wing of the nose.

Article R1311-8

Persons using the technique referred to in article R. 1311-6 must comply with general health and hygiene rules. In particular, they must comply with the following rules: -the client's skin must be iso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-19

…ive substances and mixtures; 4° Foodstuffs and their components; 5° Animal feed and its components; 6° Substances and mixtures intended for research and development which are not marketed to the gener…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-8

The remuneration provided for in articles R. 663-5, R. 663-6 and R. 663-7 is acquired when the court has either terminated the safeguard or recovery proceedings pursuant to articles L. 622-12 or L. 63…

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