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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of 2° of Article R. 5121-50, each year the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé publishes on its website the list of medicinal produc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…aken into account for the determination of overall net income:1° and 2° (Repealed);2° bis (Expired);3° (Repealed);3° bis (Provision transferred under 3°);3° ter Benefits in kind provided to subscriber…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: High Council for the Paramedical Professions.

Article D4381-5

…s under which it shall operate. The articles…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-5

The body referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 432-2 also manages and issues, under the supervision of, on behalf of and in the name of the State, the guarantees provided for inArticle 84 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK VII: SPECIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L1711-5

The resources allocated to the Department of Mayotte, pursuant to IV of Article 12 of Ordinance no. 2012-576 of 26 April 2012 extending and adapting the construction and housing code and various laws…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6264-5

In application of article LO 6271-5, a global grant for school construction and equipment is instituted in order to help compensate for the net increases in charges for the collectivity of Saint-Barth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for oncology surgery

Article R6123-92-6

Authorisation for thoracic oncology surgery with B2 may only be granted if the health care establishment has an organisation enabling it to guarantee on-site access to an extracorporeal circulation te…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Water and sanitary installations

Article R1331-59

…e water. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, in local authorities governed byArticle 73 of the Constitution, the supply of hot water is not required.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50

…ontinuity of critical functions ; 2° Avoid significant negative effects on financial stability; and 3° Protect the resources of the State by reducing as far as possible recourse to exceptional public…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-5

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the age of admission set out in articles L. 4153-1 to L. 4153-5 and the decrees implementing them is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offenc…

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