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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-2

…r importer of investigational medicinal products shall ensure that all manufacturing operations are carried out in accordance with the information provided by the sponsor in the application for author…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28-1

The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in II of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of II of artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-29

…or pledging of the receivables referred to in II, in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 211-36 to L. 211-40 or articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, whether or not these receivables are profess…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24

…ion acting as deputy mayor are determined by applying to the reference term mentioned in article L. 2123-20 the following scale: Population (inhabitants) Maximum rate (as % of index) Less than 500 9.9…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-7

Publications eligible under 4° of Article A. 822-28-3 are taken into account in the year of their legal deposit. For essays, books and publications of articles, the following two cumulative criteria a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Second-hand goods, works of art, collectors' items and antiques

Article 297 D

…rt, collectors' items or antiques that have been taxed in accordance with the provisions of Article 297 A is not deductible by the purchaser;2° Taxable resellers may not deduct the value added tax rel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours and rest periods

Article R7124-29

…d aged between six and sixteen in a modelling activity and the preliminary selection with a view to carrying out this activity may only be authorised on weekly rest days or half-days other than Sunday…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Territories of health democracy

Article R1434-29

…der to allow, in each territory: 1° the projects of the Regional Health Agency, professionals and local and regional authorities to be consistent with each other; 2° the expression of the stakeholders…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Practical procedures and deadlines in the event of unauthorised or incorrectly executed payment transactions

Article L133-24

…relating to that payment transaction in accordance with Chapter IV of Title 1 of Book III.Except in cases where the payment service user is a natural person acting for non-business purposes, the parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Trial period.

Article L1221-24

…company at the end of a training period of more than two months, within the meaning of article L. 124-6 of the Education Code, the duration of this training period is taken into account for the openi…

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