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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General characteristics

Article R4462-16

The employer must ensure that the construction of buildings and the nature of the materials used are such that, in the event of a pyrotechnic event, the risk of large masses being projected is reduced…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Occupational physician

Article R4626-16

In the case of an autonomous occupational health and prevention service set up by agreement between several establishments, the time spent travelling is counted as part of the doctor's working time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National Committee.

Article R4643-16

Documents relating to the agenda of the Finance Committee shall be sent by the General Secretary to the members of the Committee fifteen days before it is held, except in cases of urgency.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-19

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 18,000 euros for the directors of the management company or any person in the company's employ to obstruct the statutory auditors' verificati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-16

…when the amount of remuneration calculated pursuant to the first paragraph of this article exceeds €15,000 in respect of a year. In this case, the remuneration may not be less than €15,000..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-16

…g to the development of skills, enters, records and transmits the data mentioned in article R. 6351-15. II.-The user, an agent responsible for monitoring vocational training or managing the declaratio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 159 quinquies

…ribution by sociétés immobilières d'investissement governed by I of Article 33 of Law no. 63-254 of 15 March 1963 to their shareholders and by sociétés immobilières de gestion governed by Article 1 of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1217

Outside the cases provided for in articles 390,391,442,485 and in the third paragraph of Article 494-3 of the Civil Code, the court shall be seised by application delivered or addressed to the registr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-148

I.-The companies mentioned in 1°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 8° and 9° of article R. 5142-1 declare, for transfers of veterinary medicinal products containing one or more antibiotic substances, the following data: 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-149

I.-The companies mentioned in 11° and 13° of article R. 5142-1 declare the following information for the sale of medicated feedingstuffs containing one or more antibiotic substances: 1° The number of…

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