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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I ter: Approved management centres, management and accounting associations, approved associations of the liberal professions and approved joint management bodies

Article 1649 quater K quater

Registered management centres, registered associations and registered joint management bodies are subject to a specific inspection by the tax authorities, which does not constitute the start of any of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-32

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 1 and 2, points 1 and 2 of Chapter I and Chapter V of Section XIV "Gelatin" of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Work involving animals

Article D4153-37

It is forbidden to assign young people to : 1° Slaughtering, euthanising or rendering animals; 2° Work in contact with ferocious or venomous animals.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater-0 B ter

…rity and under the conditions set out in articles L. 82 C, L. 101 or L. 135 L of the Book of Tax Procedures, that a taxpayer has items mentioned below, it may, in the event of a marked disproportion b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-10 (art. A212-167)

EQUIVALENCES 1. The State Sports Teaching Certificates mentioned in column 1 of the table below are automatically accepted as equivalent to the State Sports Teaching Certificates mentioned in articles…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title one: Tax assessment and control

Article 1649 quater-0 B bis

1. Where the findings of fact made in the course of one of the procedures provided for in Articles 53,75 and 79 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and that the tax authorities are informed under the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-39

Without prejudice to the application of the first two paragraphs of Article R. 642-40, the administrator shall notify the registry of the essential characteristics of the business or branch(es) of bus…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 16: Interventional cardiology imaging procedures

Article D6124-184-3

I.-An interventional procedure under medical imaging in cardiology may only be performed, including in an emergency, with the participation of at least: 1° One doctor with proven training in the pract…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

EXEMPTIONSHolders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level S…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Certificates of French nationality

Article 31-3

Where the director of the judicial registry services of the judicial court refuses to issue a certificate of nationality, the person concerned may refer the matter to the judicial court, which will de…

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