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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion.

Article R6152-21

Step advancement is based on the following periods:1st step: two years ;2nd step: two years;3rd step: two years;4th step: two years;5th step: two years;6th step: two years;7th step: two years;8th step…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: French UCITS portfolio management companies

Article L532-24-2

I. - A portfolio management company with its registered office in mainland France, the French overseas departments, the Department of Mayotte and Saint-Martin wishing to manage a UCITS established in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-14

In the event of a conviction pursuant to article L. 4741-12, the court may order, as an additional penalty, that the judgment be posted at the doors of the convicted person's establishments, at the la…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Preliminary provisions

Article R93-2

The remuneration and compensation of experts appointed under the procedures provided for in articles L. 3211-12 to L. 3211-12-6 L. 3213-3, L. 3213-8 and L. 3213-9-1 of the Public Health Code, which fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Monitoring of occupational exposure limit values.

Article R4724-13

Orders issued by the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture specify : 1° The conditions for accreditation of the bodies responsible for the technical inspections, which include compliance wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Transfer of powers.

Article L5215-23

Urban communities existing on the date of publication of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale ayant élargi ou non leurs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160-4

I.-The register of purchases and sales provided for in article L. 225-211 to report transactions carried out pursuant to II of article L. 228-12 and of the I of article L. 228-12-1 is held under the t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3

In relation to the base of dispersion constituted by the difference between the total amount of the regulated commitments mentioned in Article R. 331-1, all currencies combined, and the total amount o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-3

The company which exploits a proprietary medicinal product contributes to its proper use by ensuring in particular that the product is prescribed in compliance with its marketing authorisation referre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies

…xpayer may opt for the latter scheme at the latest within two months of the promulgation of the loi n° 2009-594 du 27 mai 2009 pour le développement économique des outre-mer. In the absence of an opti…

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