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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-8

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 233-1 and L. 233-2, residence permits issued by the representative of the State in Mayotte, with the exception of permits issued in application of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article R. 5124-3, manufacturers and importers of medicinal products may only distribute investigational medicinal products and, where applicable, ancillary…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 279

…ns taken out by customers in order to receive the television services mentioned in article 2 of law n° 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication.b nonies. Admission fees for cu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-22

…y also benefits from the special financial resources available to the Corsican region under the loi n° 82-659 du 30 juillet 1982 portant statut particulier de la région de Corse : compétences et de ce…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery and other work equipment

Article R4313-78

New machines or machines considered as new which are subject either to the procedures defined in article R. 4313-76 or to those defined in article R. 4313-77, are as follows: 1° Circular saws (single-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-12

Each year, on a proposal from the public entity mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6113-11 and after consulting the national organisations most representative of health care organisations,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-12

The processing mentioned in article R. 142-11 may be consulted and linked with other processing operations concerning procedures involving foreign nationals.It transmits to the national file for check…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-18

The filing in the special register mentioned in article R. 526-15 of the descriptive statement provided for in I of article L. 526-8 as well as the documents attesting to the completion of the formali…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment choices.

Article R3332-2

Where the plan offers several investment vehicles, its rules specify the terms and conditions under which members may change the allocation of their savings between these vehicles. However, the plan r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-13

Every three years, in the two months preceding the anniversary of the date on which the licence was obtained, the beneficiary of the licence sends the Prefect referred to in article R. * 7123-9, by re…

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