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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-71

…insurance certificate;7° Where applicable, the exclusion period referred to in article L. 1121-12 ; 8° The opinion of the personal protection committee consulted on the project in application of artic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 612-4

…ligations to which the services are subject under the provisions of Chapters I to III of Decree no. 2021-793 of 22 June 2021 on on-demand audiovisual media services;5° Be up to date with payment of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R328

For the application of article R. 140, the formula: "I = 40 + (S x 8)" is replaced by the formula: "I = 10.52 euros (1,260 F CFP) + (S x 8)".

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

…them on 31 March 2002, in application of article L. 752-1 of the Rural Code, as it read prior to 1 April 2002, and in proportion to the number of persons insured with each of them on 31 March 2002 pu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-1

…ntioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and experimental or ancillary medicinal products defined in Article L. 5121-1-1, and to e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Resolution of banking crises

Article R784-12

…September 2015R. 613-46 to R. 613-46-2n° 2020-1703 of 24 December 2020R. 613-46-3 and R. 613-46-4n° 2021-941 of 15 July 2021R. 613-46-5 and R. 613-46-6n° 2020-1703 of 24 December 2020R. 613-47 to R. 6…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article D5842-3

…5211-3 to D. 5211-5-2 are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-258 of 9 March 2021 subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V.II. - For the applicatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article R6323-3-1

…who has worked at least half of the legal or contractual working time over the year is topped up by 800 euros for that year, up to a maximum of 8,000 euros. II. - In order to benefit from this increas…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 C

…d, as the case may be, either under corporation tax or under the conditions provided for in Article 8 of this Code, insofar as it is not taxed in another State.The first paragraph of this article shal…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-2

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