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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Calculation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article L3324-1

…it made in mainland France and in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, as used for income tax purposes or at the corporation tax rates provide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3

…y of medicinal products in relation to the needs of the resident population and the location chosen by the applicant pharmacist within a district defined in article L. 5125-3-1, a municipality or the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General and financial provisions.

Article L5321-3

I.-A fee is payable by the applicant for the performance by the Agency of the following operations: 1° Analysis of samples and evaluation of the documentation relating to the control protocol submitte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R65

A criminal record record is drawn up in the name of any natural or legal person who has been the subject of one of the decisions listed in articles 768 and 768-1. This form is drawn up on paper or mag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L743-2

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article L742-2

I.- Subject to the provisions of II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-12

The drawee banker's record of cheque payment incidents due to insufficient funds includes the following information for each incident: 1° The account number, whether it is an individual account or a c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-18

I. - A UCITS may use techniques and instruments relating to eligible financial securities and money market instruments, and in particular repurchase agreements and similar transactions for the tempora…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-156-1

…15 are those referred to in 1 of the I of article D. 211-1 A. II.-A société civile de placement immobilier may enter into contracts constituting the financial futures instruments mentioned in I, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-30-1

A natural person may only be entered on the list if he meets the following conditions:1° They must have practised for at least ten consecutive years in the area(s) of expertise for which they are appl…

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