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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-5

…the appointing authority within public health establishments may, without prejudice to article L. 8271-1 of the Labour Code, consult the national file of declarations of employment, under conditions s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-20

For the allocation of a direct grant, the distribution company submits the application file as follows:1° When it has provisional information, at the earliest three months before the release date of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-9

At the request of the Committee for the Protection of Individuals, the sponsor or his representative appointed for this purpose, possibly accompanied by the investigator or, where appropriate, the coo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-16

From the day of receipt of the injunction referred to in Article L. 1262-4-3, the employer posting employees and, where applicable, the principal contracting with the latter shall inform the project o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-5

…ompensation de la taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de Article 6 of Law no. 86-1317 of 30 December 1986, as amended, on the initial finance law for 1987; 2° bis The estimated amount…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-1

…nsation de la taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de l'article 6 de la loi n° 86-1317 du 30 décembre 1986 modifiée portant loi de finances initiales pour 1987 ; 3° The estimated amount…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article A36-13

…hin, du Haut-Rhin, de la Sarthe, de la Savoie, de la Somme, de Vaucluse, des Vosges et de l'Yonne ; 7° Seventy jurors for the assize court of French Polynesia; 8° Fifty jurors for the assize court of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-42

…um of fourteen members, five of whom come from each of the colleges mentioned in 1°, 4°, 5°, 6° and 7° of article D. 1432-28, two from the college mentioned in 3° of the same article, and seven from t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Aid for sickness, maternity, paternity and adoption

Article R1435-9-9

…stoppage, the minimum income threshold required in application of articles R. 1435-4 and R. 1435-9-7 ; 3° Provide the Regional Health Agency, within forty-eight hours of stopping work, with proof tha…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6362-1

…of the business tax compensation allowance pursuant to IV and IV bis of Article 6 of Act no. 86-1317 of 30 December 1986 amending the Initial Finance Act for 1987;3° The estimated amount of compensat…

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