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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-13

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine shall take all necessary measures to guarantee the security and confidentiality of all nominative information contained in the register, in accorda…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Penalties (R).

Article R1611-13

…R. 1611-9 ;- not to send to the commission provided for in article R. 1611-12 a copy of the certificate of account opening provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 1611-9.II. - Any person wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-13

The detailed rules for the application of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The procedures for applying Article L. 2141-6 and in particular the activi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 bis

…the French Construction and Housing Code, is subject to a 30% allowance when these dwellings are located in a priority urban policy district.This allowance applies to dwellings whose owner, mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Demolition, removal or encapsulation plan

Article R4412-134

The demolition, removal or encapsulation plan is made available on the site of the operation, on any suitable medium, and may be consulted by :1° The members of the social and economic committee ;2° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article D2242-13

When the Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment intends to impose the penalty referred to in Article L. 2242-7, he shall inform the employer, by any means that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-13

…ercial agents, changes to their situation or the cessation of their activity shall be made electronically. For all the electronic transmissions referred to in the first paragraph, an electronic signat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee

Article R1211-13

…n representatives of the State are appointed as follows, by order of the minister responsible for local and regional authorities, issued jointly with the minister concerned where applicable:1° Four re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman and Vice-Chairman

Article R1423-13

The industrial tribunal members meet in a general meeting, in a section meeting and, where applicable, in a chamber meeting, each year during the month of January in the following order:1° The general…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Information and documents to be submitted with the tender

Article R2151-13

In the consultation documents, the purchaser may ask tenderers to indicate in their tender the proportion of the contract that they intend to subcontract to third parties, in particular to small and m…

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