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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-35

…notariat et aux conditions d'accès aux fonctions de notaire et au 6° de l'article 1er du décret du 14 août 1975 relatif aux conditions d'accès à la profession d'huissier de justice. The dispensation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-49

Without prejudice to the obligation mentioned in Article L. 1413-14: 1° Any healthcare professional practising in a facility with a local correspondent for the vigilance system relating to medically a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-49

…d to in article L. 5121-12 or one of the registrations mentioned in Articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14-1 ensure that manufacturing operations are carried out in compliance with the data in the dossier…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-36

…de and the allocations provided for in 1° and 3° of article L. 162-22-8-2 and in articles L. 162-22-14 and L. 174-1 of the same code :1° The fund responsible for paying the annual allocations and pack…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-8

…acilities and their use do not comply with the authorisation conditions set out in articles R. 6322-14 to R. 6322-29 or the technical operating conditions set out in article L. 6322-3 ; 2° When it is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 J

I. - The amount of the levy referred to in article 204 A may be adjusted upwards or downwards at the taxpayer's request.However, when a change in the situation mentioned in 1 of article 204 I has occu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-8

…o L. 4121-5 and L. 4221-1 ; ii-The information and training of workers provided for in articles L. 4141-1 to L. 4143-1 ; iii-Information and training for employees with fixed-term employment contracts…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article R561-31

I. - When drawn up in writing, the declaration referred to in Article L. 561-15 shall be made using a form, the details of which shall be determined by order of the Minister for the Economy.This decla…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions

Article L314-1

…charges in accordance with the conditions set out in the first paragraph of I and V of Article L. 314-11 and IV of Article L. 314-7 before making the withdrawal and on receipt of the cash at the end…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Declarations of existence and accounts

Article 286

I.-Any person liable for value added tax must:1° Within fifteen days of commencing its operations, submit to the office designated by an order a declaration in accordance with the model provided by th…

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