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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-20

The appropriations entered in the budgets of the establishments are limited in nature, subject to adjustments to this rule resulting from an order of the minister responsible for the supervision of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication

Article R2311-20

…the national order of pharmacists.If the centre is part of a health establishment, this pharmacist may be one of the pharmacists in the establishment's in-house pharmacy, which supplies the centre un…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers, composition and mandate

Article R7111-20

The term of office for appointed and elected members of the committee is three years, renewable. It expires at the same time for both categories.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-20

…ted to a public health establishment resulting from the application of the provisions of article L. 6133-7 and if the latter no longer holds any authorisation for healthcare activities, the Director G…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Data retention

Article R142-20

Personal data are classified, within the processing mentioned in article R. 142-16, in electronic files. There may be only one file for any one foreign national.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article D72-102-1

…tinique: 1° Le titre III du livre III de la troisième partie relatif aux recettes des départements; 2° Le chapitre III du titre IV du livre IV de la troisième partie relatif aux recettes des départeme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Agreements relating to unemployment insurance.

Article L5422-20-2

Pôle emploi and the body responsible for managing unemployment insurance mentioned in Article L. 5427-1 provide the State services with all the information required to draw up the framework document m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to video game companies and video games

Article D331-20

For the application of 1° of 1 of III of Article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code, the cost of developing a video game is understood to be all the expenditure incurred by the video game cr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure before the Commission for the Protection of Access to Works

Article R261-20

The decision of the Commission for the Protection of Access to Works sets out the legal and factual considerations on which it is based. The transferring producer is notified of the decision without d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Formal notices and orders to perform an obligation to do or not to do something

Article A444-20

…ive rise to the collection of an increased fee under the conditions provided for in Article A. 444-12:Number of the service (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) Description of the service Reference per…

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