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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Help with professional integration

Article L5134-113

…ion of thirty-six months may be authorised by the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5134-19-1. The duration of the extension may not exceed the end of the action concerned.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-52

…n in a socio-medico-judicial security centre, in accordance with the provisions of l'article 706-53-19. When the person is a fugitive, the provisional placement decision of the president of the region…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-9

…stage; 3. Tetanus; 3° Other illnesses : 1. Mesothelioma ; 4° Other respiratory diseases : 1. Covid-19. Only the managers of a medical biology department or laboratory, whether private or public, are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conformity

Article R752-44-1

…mercial operating authorisation;b) Proof of the date of its notification pursuant to article R. 752-19, R. 752-39 or R. 752-43-9;2° For projects subject to a commercial development permit requiring a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L773-6

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L. 511-53 Order no. 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article L774-6

…and column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 511-51 Ordinance no. 2020-1635 of 21 December 2020 L. 511-52 Order 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 L. 511-53 Order no. 201…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-21

…ment on the European Economic Area who, without possessing the diploma mentioned in article L. 4393-19, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member States or parties and r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157

…nsions, benefits and allowances exempted from tax under Article 81;5° (repealed with effect from 30 June 2000)5° bis Subject to the provisions of 5 of Article 200 A, the income and capital gains from…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-223

…administrative supervision; 6° For each legal unit, the category of business, as defined by Decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 on the criteria for determining the category to which a business b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 17-10

…nationality resulting from annexations and cessions of territories resulting from treaties prior to 19 October 1945. However, foreign persons who were domiciled in the territories retroceded by France…

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