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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting occupational exposure limit values

Article R4412-149

The concentrations of the chemical agents present in the atmosphere of the workplaces listed in the following table must not exceed, in the workers' breathing zone, the occupational exposure limit val…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-13

…icle 2 of Law no. 94-665 of 4 August 1994 relating to the use of the French language; 5° Of the loi n° 2010-729 du 30 juin 2010 tendant à suspendre la commercialisation de tout emballage comportant du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-158

…rticipations financières de professions libérales constituées, en application du titre IV de la loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérale…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-1

Conventional subrogation occurs on the creditor's initiative where the creditor, receiving his payment from a third party, subrogates that third party in his rights against the debtor.This subrogation…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-11

The agreements mentioned in article L. 122-10 may provide for flat-rate remuneration in the cases defined in 1° to 3° of Article L. 131-4.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Points of entry to the territory

Article D3115-16-1

The following airports are points of entry within the meaning of article R. 3115-16: 1° Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle; 2° Paris-Orly; 3° Marseille-Provence; 4° Lyon-Saint-Exupéry; 5° Toulouse-Blagnac; 6° Ni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to interruptions of pregnancy by instrumental methods

Article R2212-12-1

To allow a doctor in the health centre to carry out voluntary terminations of pregnancy by the instrumental method under local anaesthetic, the health centre must meet the following conditions: 1° Hav…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L352-1

…he same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 321-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 321-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property tax on built-up and non-built-up properties

Article 1404

I. - When, in respect of a year, a property tax assessment has been made in the name of a person other than the person legally liable for the tax, the tax relief for this assessment is granted provide…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Adoption

Article 1175-1

Within fifteen days of the date on which it has become final, at the request of the public prosecutor: 1° The decision pronouncing the full adoption is transcribed into the civil status registers of t…

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