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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Assessment and certification.

Article R6113-15

The certification procedure established by the Haute Autorité de santé provides in particular for :1° Informing the institution, all the institutions involved or associated with the regional hospital…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 UC

I. - The provisions of I and 4° to 9° of II of Article 150 U s appliquent:a) Aux plus-values réalisées lors de la cession de biens mentionnés au a du 1° du II de l'article L. 214-81 of the Monetary an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

I.-To carry out the duties mentioned in Article L. 331-12, the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Audiovisual and Digital Communications Regulatory Authority) shall…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-14

The account holder can access a points statement online to find out how many points are available for the desired uses and to print out a receipt.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Examination for admission to the traineeship

Article A321-14

The written eligibility tests comprise:1° A theoretical test lasting four hours on legal subjects, related to the activities of public sales of furniture, the mark for which is assigned a coefficient…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R7124-14

…reau decides otherwise.The opinions adopted by the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council are officially published and sent to the president of the Assembly of French Guyana.T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-14

No more than one quarter of the capital of a société d'exercice libéral mentioned in article R. 4381-8 may be held by one or more persons who do not meet the conditions of the first paragraph or of 1°…

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

Article L5217-10-15

…tioned in 4° of Article L. 5217-10-14 are transmitted to the metropolitan authority.They are communicated by the metropolitan authority to the elected members of the metropolitan authority council who…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Domiciliation

Article R551-15

…ion and Integration) and the Prefect of the département a report on their activities each year, indicating:1° The number of asylum seekers monitored at the end of the year;2° The number of asylum seek…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-159

The register of purchases kept pursuant to article L. 225-211 to report transactions carried out pursuant to article L. 225-208 indicates in the order of the transactions carried out: 1° The date of e…

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