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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the national health data system

Article R1461-5

…alth data system under the provisions of Section 3 of Chapter III of Title II of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, in application of the provisions of II of Article L. 1461-3, are designated and author…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective prevention

Article R4434-1

…workers with equipment that complies with the provisions adopted pursuant to decree no. 95-79 of 23 January 1995 on noise control and relating to noisy objects and soundproofing devices; 4° Modifying…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Managing employment and skills - Preventing the consequences of economic change.

Article L320-4

…uch is required to send to the body responsible for collecting social security contributions, by 31 January each year at the latest, a statement indicating the number of employees who took early retir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recruitment

Article R6152-345

…e to contractual employees of the establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of amendedlaw no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 laying down statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…finds itself in one of the following situations: 1° It has infringed a provision of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019; 2° It has infringed a p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209-0 B

…its of the units)Up to 1,000From 1,000 to 10,000From 10,000 to 25,000Over 25,000Amount (in euros)0.930.710.470.24For the application of the first paragraph, the net tonnage of each vessel is rounded u…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1639 A bis

…n accordance with VI of article 1379-0 bis as well as III of article 1521 and article 1522 until 15 January of the year following that of their creation. Failing this, the deliberations taken by the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41-5

I. - Without prejudice to Articles L. 511-41-3 and L. 612-30 to L. 612-34, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a credit institution, a class 1 bis investment firm or a finan…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Characterisation of infringements of rights

Article L331-25

…I of this Article is undertaken by the rapporteur referred to in Article 42-7 of Act no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986. II - The investigation procedure prior to inclusion on the list referred to in I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-28

…ly created for this purpose, the appropriations required for this expenditure, which may not exceed 30% of the total amount of the allowances paid each year to the members of the municipal council, in…

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