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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-6

…o another full member, who may not receive more than one mandate. The provisions of articles R. 133-8 and R. 133-9 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration are applicable to the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Economic concentration.

Article R430-7

…ive notification of the decisions taken pursuant to Articles L. 430-5, L. 430-7, L. 430-7-1, L. 430-8 and L. 430-9, the undertakings concerned have fifteen days in which to inform the Autorité de la c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation agreements and secondments

Article R5132-17

The cooperation agreement provided for in article L. 5132-8 includes, in particular: 1° The procedures for putting candidates in contact with the intermediary association; 2° The procedures for the as…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Community of communes.

Article L5812-1

…in the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments, II of Article L. 5214-16 is supplemented by an 8° as follows: "8° Construction and maintenance of buildings assigned to cults whose ministers are s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Net gains and distributions relating to carried interest rights

Article 242 ter C

…nies, managers of sociétés de libre partenariat and the entities mentioned in the last paragraph of 8 of II of Article 150-0 A, or companies that provide services related to the management of such fun…

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

Article L4425-22

…from the following tax resources:1° The taxes provided for in Article 575 E bis, in I of Article 1586 and in Article 1599 bis of the General Tax Code;2° The proceeds of the increase in Corsica of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

…t include the following documents: 1° The documents referred to in 4° to 7°, and, where applicable, 8°, 10° and 11°, designated in article A. 311-3, updated, original or reconstituted by a project man…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R490-10

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

Article R712-34

…ive of the supervisory authority. In this case, the deadline for approval set out in article R. 712-8 is suspended until receipt of the decision from the Community authorities. In the event of a negat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Instructions and packaging.

Article R5133-1

…own reference values, preferably expressed in the international system; 7° The conservation rules ; 8° Instructions for use, special precautions for use, possible limits of use and detection and, wher…

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