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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Judicial divorce by mutual consent

Article 1090

The application, which does not state the facts giving rise to the application, must contain, on pain of inadmissibility: 1° The surname, first names, profession, residence, nationality, date and plac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-115-1

A health, safety and working conditions committee is set up within the agency and working conditions committee in application of the eighth paragraph of 1 of I of article L. 1432-11 in regional health…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-17

The Prefect's decision is sent to the structure for integration through economic activity, by any means that confers a date of receipt, no later than five months after the notification referred to in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5 : Taxpayers with professional income in different categories

Article 155

I. - 1. When an industrial or commercial business extends its activity to operations whose results fall into the category of agricultural profits or profits from non-commercial professions, these resu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Framework agreements with purchase orders

Article R2391-14

When the framework agreement executed by the issue of purchase orders provides for a minimum amount of more than 250,000 euros excluding taxes, or 50,000 euros excluding taxes when the holder is a sma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Review procedure

Article R1124-16

The request for re-examination relating to elements covered by Part II of the requests for substantial changes provided for in Article 20 of the aforementioned European Regulation of 16 April 2014 sha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-10

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the procedures for applying this chapter, in particular: 1° The procedures for presenting and the content of the declaration provided for in article L. 5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

…intercommunale à fiscalité propre de plus de 12 000 habitants issu d'une fusion intervenue entre le 1er janvier 2012 et la date de publication de la loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle org…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-11-1

For the application of article L. 4132-5, the words: "and L. 145-2-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "and sentences handed down by the courts responsible for disputes relating…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-13

The period of validity of the receipt referred to in article R. 431-12 may not be less than one month. It may be renewed.

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