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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Control of training expenditure and activities.

Article L6361-1

The State shall exercise administrative and financial control, under the conditions set out in this Title, over the actions provided for in article L. 6313-1 carried out by employers when they are fin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article R814-58-1

Subject to the provisions of this sub-section, the provisions of Title XXI of Book I of the Code of Civil Procedure apply to the electronic communication of procedural documents made possible by the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Combating nosocomial infections.

Article D6431-74

The medical commission provided for in article L. 6431-13 participates, through its opinions, in defining the medicinal products and medical devices policy within the health agency, in particular in d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…ing a real estate activity overseas and the bodies mentioned in l'article L. 365-1 of the same code may benefit from a tax credit for the acquisition or construction of new housing in overseas departm…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L754-5

…ht-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 313-12 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-12-1 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 313-12-2 Order no. 2013…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-2

…r the purposes referred to in Article L. 6131-1, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask public health establishments:1° To enter into a cooperation agreement ;2° To set up a health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Measures taken to protect the population and the environment

Article R1333-15

I.-The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall implement all the means within his competence and reasonably possible, taking into account the current state of technical knowledge and economic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-6

…of the registrations, the admitted claims and the list of claims mentioned in Article L. 641-13. He may, if he deems it useful, summon the registered creditors, the successful bidder or the purchaser.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Constitution and membership.

Article L1253-2

…y 1901 relating to the contract of association ; 2° A cooperative company within the meaning of Law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperatives and Law no. 83-657 of 20 July 1983 on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-23

…se living areas has a surface area of at least nine square metres or a habitable volume of at least 20 cubic metres;2° The other rooms have a surface area of at least seven square metres;3° An occupan…

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