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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-12

…ory of a health establishment or to an expert biologist on the list provided for in Article R. 3354-20; 2° The second sample, together with one copy of sheets A and B, to another expert biologist on t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-14

…ntrol analysis, for a new opinion, to the expert doctor on the list provided for in article R. 3354-20 and designated by the judicial authority.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Ban on smoking in certain public places

Article R3512-4

…not be opened unintentionally; 3° Not be a place of passage; 4° Have a surface area no greater than 20% of the total surface area of the establishment in which the pitches are located, without the sur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation through the payment of an annual contribution

Article D5212-21

…icle L. 5212-8 for a period of more than three years, the amount mentioned in 2° of Article D. 5212-20 is set at 1,500 times the minimum hourly growth wage, regardless of the number of employees. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment of training costs under the personal training account

Article D6323-5

…gional inter-professional joint committee in application of the second paragraph of article L. 6323-20, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations will debit the holder's account for the corresponding rig…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-7

…reigner in a state of polygamy legally constituted in Mayotte on the date of publication of Law no. 2003-660 of 21 July 2003 on programmes for overseas France or Ordinance no. 2010-590 of 3 June 2010…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 A

…t exceed fifteen years and whose construction is completed after the date of publication of the loi n° 62-873 du 31 juillet 1962;3° Communications satellites;4° Buildings exclusively intended to host…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-4

…are adopted by the High Commissioner within three years of the date of publication of l'ordonnance n° 2006-173 du 15 février 2006 portant actualisation et adaptation du droit applicable en matière de…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 3: Invalidity of auctions

Article R322-49-1

…s intended for the personal occupation of the principal, the registry service requests the bulletin n° 2 of the criminal record of the bidder declared the successful bidder and, in the case of a non-t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-179

…to the opening of the option, by the company itself under the conditions defined in Articles L. 225-208 or L. 22-10-62. The Extraordinary General Meeting sets the period during which this authorisatio…

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