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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-28

…y available to ensure the repatriation of passengers under the conditions set out in article R. 211-31. For the application of the provisions of this article, credit institutions established in the Pr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Adjustments to aid for small and medium-sized farms

Article 919-101

…oned in article 121-9, is extended by one year when it was due to expire between 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-30

The list of medicinal products of major therapeutic interest mentioned in article L. 5121-31 for which a stock shortage or a risk of a stock shortage is identified or has been declared to the Agence n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Assembly and dismantling of lifts.

Article R4543-26

…bly method takes particular account of the documentation and information provided for in Article R. 134-31 of the French Construction and Housing Code.During all phases of dismantling a lift, the stab…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L361-2

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° Unless otherwise provided, references to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the Eu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specific supervision of credit institutions

Article R613-36

Notwithstanding Articles R. 613-34 and R. 613-35, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall exercise over the institutions mentioned in Articles L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 the supervisor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies

Article R533-16-0

…ed annually to the co-contracting investor referred to in II of Article L. 533-22. This information may be communicated at the same time as the annual report provided for in article L. 214-23 or the r…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Remuneration of the private project manager

Article R2432-7

If the estimated cost of the works is not yet known at the time of award of the project management contract, the provisional amount of the project manager's remuneration is based on the part of the es…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies F

…4 B who carry out reconstruction, extension, repair or improvement work between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2012. This tax reduction applies: a) To expenditure relating to a dwelling, forming part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of food vigilance

Article R1323-6

…travail any information relating to the composition of each of the products mentioned in Article R. 1323-1 that it may require in order to carry out its duties, in particular the exact concentration o…

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