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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Diseases transmitted by insects

Article R3114-14

…ay be entrusted to the public or private organisations mentioned in articles R. 3114-11 and R. 3114-13; 2° Procedures for monitoring the resistance of local vector species to biocidal products used fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-2

…es receiving or issuing procedural documents, referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 814-13, expressly consent or request to use electronic communication by registering on the electronic po…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-2

…that it no longer complies with the general organisational provisions laid down by articles R. 761-13 et seq. The file is sent to the regional prefect, who forwards it to the supervisory ministers wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and meetings.

Article R5312-16

…rs present or represented, with the exception of those relating to the matters mentioned in 11° and 13° of article R. 5312-6, which are taken by a two-thirds majority of the members present or represe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-38

I.-Information in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 shall appear on the website of the automated p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6431-15

…minutes of the proceedings may only be used subject to compliance with the provisions ofarticle 226-13 of the French Criminal Code. In addition, the directors and persons sitting in an advisory capaci…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Special declaration system

Article 102 ter

…business assets are included in a fiduciary estate pursuant to a trust operation defined in article 2011 of the Civil Code;d Taxpayers who carry out an occult activity within the meaning of the second…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-49

…ions of this chapter do not apply to the Marseille marine fire brigade provided for in article L. 2513-3, with the exception of Articles L. 1424-2 to L. 1424-4-1, L. 1424-7, L. 1424-42 and L. 1424-51.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-4

…smen and women and trainees in training;f) Two representatives of the staff mentioned in article R. 131-16 working in the institution, including one representative of the heads of the high-level centr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

Assistance from the compensation fund is granted:1° When the interruption in the filming of a cinematographic or audiovisual work is the direct result of one of the following events:a) One or more per…

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