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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-25

…ntion of the date and place of the joint declaration made by the couple in accordance with articles 311-20 of the Civil Code and 1157-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 quater

Value added tax is levied at the rate of 10% on supplies of magistral preparations, officinal products and medicines or pharmaceutical products intended for use in human medicine and covered by the ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-27

I. - Any credit institution having its registered office in France and wishing to establish a branch in another Member State shall notify the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of its pl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article R321-27

When the supervisory board wishes to hear a person pursuant to III of article L. 327-11, the interested party is notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at least fifteen days bef…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of elected representatives' groups

Article L7222-27

When the territorial community of Martinique distributes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the Assembly of Martinique and the Executive Coun…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The officers of the fund and the assistance of the accountants of the Directorate-General of Public Finance

Article R518-27

Caisse des dépôts et consignations officials shall issue receipts for sums collected on behalf of Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Allowance for self-employed workers

Article L5424-25

…narticle L. 641-1 of the Commercial Code, with the exception of the cases set out in article L. 640-3 of the same code; 2° Or whose business has been the subject of receivership proceedings under the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3121-27

The legal working week for full-time employees is thirty-five hours.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Referral to a panel of judges

Article R532-27

…iative or at his request, to refer the examination of the appeal to a panel pursuant to Article L. 532-7, the parties are notified by any means.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Training period.

Article R321-27

…auction for the entire duration of the training period set out in the first paragraph of article R. 321-26. It is interspersed with sessions of theoretical instruction. The trainee may ask the Conseil…

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