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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Breastfeeding facilities

Article R4152-21

The breastfeeding room is staffed exclusively by a sufficient number of qualified personnel. These staff keep themselves in a state of rigorous cleanliness.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-30

…bt/population; 5° Global operating grant/population; > 6° Staff costs/real operating expenditure; > 7° Real operating expenditure and net debt/ population; 7° Real operating expenditure and annual cap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Maintaining the business.

Article R641-21

…ministrator where one has been appointed, the extension provided for in 1° of III of Article L. 641-11-1. The juge-commissaire notes, at the request of any interested party, the automatic termination…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-30

…ormation being affixed to the external packaging, in addition to the information mentioned in 4° to 7° of Article R. 2142-29: 1° "Gametes" or "germinal tissue", "fragile" and "do not irradiate"; 2° Th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-21

…bject, multi-discipline or field-related speciality. In the case of a multi-disciplinary option, it may be awarded for an option.Each specialisation is created after consultation with the "sport and e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-30

In Article R. 713-65:a) After the words: "L. 713-11", the words "; these professional categories constitute the activities covered by the college representing activities in the industry, commerce and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prescribing, ordering and dispensing procedures

Article R5139-30

…ganisms or toxins are prescribed under the conditions mentioned in I, III and IV of article R. 5141-111. A prescription may not be made for a treatment period exceeding twelve months. II - Veterinary…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Loans taken out and guarantees granted by the network's establishments.

Article R712-30

…loans the amount of which is less than the threshold mentioned in the last paragraph of Article R. 712-7, authorisation to borrow is given in the forms provided for in Article R. 712-8. The mere incl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5 : Stipulation of unequal shares.

Article 1524

…rvives. The spouse who retains the entire community in this way is obliged to pay all its debts. It may also be agreed, in the event of survival, that one of the spouses will have, in addition to his…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 H

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration fees, acquisitions by HLM organisations or semi-public companies of residential properties built or acq…

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