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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1456

Exempt from this exemption are production cooperative companies whose articles of association and operation are recognised as complying with the provisions of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the sta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Shareholdings in companies

Article L3231-6

…services or activities of general interest under conditions similar to those provided for, in the case of communes, by article L. 2253-2. By way of derogation from this article, a département may, by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article L3132-1

…e State in the department shall refer to the administrative court the acts mentioned in article L. 3131-2 that he considers contrary to legality within two months of their transmission.When the repres…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article L4142-1

…of his intention not to refer to the administrative court an act of the regional authorities which has been sent to him pursuant to the articles L. 4141-1 and L. 4141-2.The State representative may in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Powers of the regions

Article L6121-2

…the following principles.Anyone seeking to enter the labour market, regardless of where they live, has the right to access vocational training in order to acquire an initial level of qualification, to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Control of legality

Article LO6452-1

…on not to refer to the administrative court an act of the authorities of the local authority which has been transmitted to him pursuant to the articles LO 6451-1 and L. 6451-6. The representative of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1-1

…ronment Code, to which the producers of perforating medical devices referred to in 3° of article R. 1335-8-1 of the present code are subject, subject to II of the present article, and defines the proc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-9

…3115-5, L. 3115-6, L. 3115 7, L. 3115-8, L. 3115-9, L. 3115-10, L. 3115-11, L. 3115-12 and L. 3115-13, in their version resulting from Order No. 2017-44 of 19 January 2017, are applicable to the terr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Conditions of eligibility for family reunification

Article R434-5

For the purposes of 2° of article L. 434-7, a dwelling is considered to be normal if it:1° Has a total living area of at least:a) in zones A bis and A: 22 m² for a household without children or two pe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services and property made available to the territorial collectivity of Corsica

Article L4422-43

…the date of entry into force of the transfers of competencies provided for by the loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse, dans les conditions prévues aux…

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