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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…s, amending Regulations of the European Parliament and of the Council (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

…in Annex II to the International Convention against Doping in Sport adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005, the validity of the Therapeutic Use Exemptions referred to in the previous paragraph;10° It ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions applicable to certain private not-for-profit establishments

Article R6161-43

…D. 6143-39 with the exception of a of 1°, R. 6145-2 to R. 6145-4, R. 6145-6 to R. 6145-11, R. 6145-12 with the exception of 1°, 4°, 5°, 6° and 7°, R. 6145-13, R. 6145-16, R. 6145-18 to R. 6145-26, R.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-4

…elected representatives is to manage the individual right to training provided for by articles L. 2123-12-1, L. 3123-10-1, L. 4135-10-1, L. 7125-12-1, L. 7227-12-1 and the article L. 121-37-1 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

…ts LOAD POINTS MINIMUM ANNUAL INCOME IN EUROS 1st step 2nd step 3rd step 4th step 5th step 0 16 010 12 940 11 430 9 940 8 490 1 17 790 14 370 12 700 11 050 9 420 2 19 580 15 810 13 980 12 160 10 350 3…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 1

…nd articles R. 511-8 to R. 511-10 of the Construction and Housing Code (CCH) for peril, articles L. 129-2 and R. 129-7 of the CCH for common facilities in collective buildings.12. Transfer of surpluse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-16

…horised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 or AIFs covered by Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-72

…n Article L. 214-28 or in venture capital companies governed by Article 1-1 of Law No. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various provisions of an economic and financial nature whose securities or righ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification of a person by genetic fingerprints

Article 16-10

…be undertaken for the purposes of combating doping, under the conditions set out in Article L. 232-12-2 of the Sports Code. IV. IV -Any canvassing for advertising purposes relating to the examination…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-1

…representative may only change the form of care for the persons mentioned in II of article L. 3211-12 after obtaining the opinion of the college mentioned in article L. 3211-9. IV - The provisional m…

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