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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R5315-8

…acts under the conditions set by the Board of Directors in application of 20° of article R. 5315-3; 9° Draws up the annual activity report and the corporate report; 10° Reports on its management to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Terms of self-employed practice

Article R4321-134

…the professional independence of each of them.In accordance with the provisions of article L. 4113-9, agreements, contracts and amendments are communicated to the Conseil Départemental de l'Ordre, wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5126-40

…ditions defined in article R. 5126-7. In pharmacies governed by the provisions of articles R. 5126-49 to R. 5126-52 and when the absence is less than four months, the replacement may be carried out by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Powers which may be transferred to a grouping by decision of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency

Article R6133-30

…esearch activities other than those mentioned in 6°; 8° Information and telecommunications systems; 9° Administrative, technical, financial, accounting or logistical management activities; 10° Real es…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Special provisions for road traffic accidents occurring in mainland France, the overseas departments and the territorial collectivity of Mayotte.

Article A421-1

…represented by Henri Chatel, its Chairman. IT WAS NOTED THAT : a) Laws no. 72-1130 of 21 December 1972 and no. 74-909 of 30 October 1974 amended the legislation governing the Guarantee Fund and the c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R155-2

…cle R. 221-11 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles and articles R. 221-15-1 to R. 221-15-9 of the same code are replaced by references to locally applicable provisions with the same purpose…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3642-2

…formal notice, of sums owed by owners under articles L. 1331-2, L. 1331-3 and L. 1331-6 to L. 1331-9 of the public health code.2. Without prejudice to Article L. 2212-2 and by way of derogation from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 quinquies

The withholding taxes or levies provided for in articles 119 bis, 182 A bis, 182 B, 244 bis, 244 bis A and 244 bis B are not applicable to income and profits received or realised by a legal entity whi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 A

Interest, arrears and other income from bonds, debts, deposits and guarantees, royalties from the assignment or concession of operating licences, patents, trademarks, manufacturing processes or formul…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: EXPULSION

Article L631-3

Only in the case of behaviour likely to harm the fundamental interests of the State, or linked to activities of a terrorist nature, or constituting acts of explicit and deliberate incitement to discri…

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