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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…rding to the seriousness of the acts and the financial situation of the company, up to a maximum of 50,000 euros, and the daily penalty up to a maximum of 2,500 euros. The amount of the financial pena…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions

Article L312-16

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy specify:1° The conditions, deadlines and procedures for implementing the guarantee provided for in article L. 312-4-1 and I of article L. 312-5 ; 2° The c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Rubrique 4

…sibility for the absence of a written contract (CE, Sect. 8 February 2012, CCAS de Polaincourt, req N°340698). 4121. Written public contracts that do not refer to a set of general administrative claus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and powers of the regional health agencies

Article L1431-2

The regional health agencies are responsible, taking into account the particularities of each region and the specific needs of defence, for1° Implementing at regional level the health policy defined i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article LO6371-8

…ions provided for in II and III of the article 109 and to the article 111 of the aforementioned loi n° 2004-809 du 13 août 2004. IX. - On the date of entry into force of the decree or decrees provided…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 sexies

…(Repealed)II. - (Repealed)II bis. - For companies subject to the tax regime defined in 1 of Article 50-0, the value added is calculated in accordance with the procedures set out in a of I of Article 1…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

1. For the purposes of this Code, all goods the import or export of which is prohibited on any grounds whatsoever, or subject to restrictions, quality or packaging rules or special formalities, are de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

I.-In the event of receivership or compulsory liquidation, the employer, administrator or liquidator, as the case may be, who envisages redundancies, implements a redundancy plan under the conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 220 terdecies

I. - Video game creation companies subject to corporation tax or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies, 44 quindecies, 44 sexdecies and 44 septdecies may benefi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-4

I. - Every water bill includes an amount calculated on the basis of the volume actually consumed by the subscriber and may, in addition, include an amount calculated independently of this volume on th…

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