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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and appointment

Article R1123-10

…s, the Chairman is elected by relative majority. In the event of a tie between the two best-placed candidates, the chairmanship of the committee is awarded to the oldest of these two candidates. The V…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-17

…ic establishment with whose legal representative the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the Data Protection Committee enter into an agreement for the purpose of providing the committee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Control rules

Article R1251-10

Closure of the business pursuant to article L. 1251-47 is ordered by the President of the Commercial Court.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4b: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 125 A

…d in France for tax purposes within the meaning of l'article 4 B who benefit from interest, arrears and income of any kind from state funds, bonds, participating securities, bills and other debt secur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R4512-1

When, after the start of the work, an external company uses new subcontractors, the procedures laid down in this chapter are again applicable to them.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Metal parts

Article L121-2

Metal coins with legal tender status and liberatory power intended for circulation in France are manufactured by Monnaie de Paris.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Metal parts.

Article R121-3

The rules for the handling and recirculation of euro coins are set out in Regulation (EU) No 1210/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2010 concerning authentication of eu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Metal parts.

Article R121-4

…e, electronic money institutions, payment institutions carrying out euro coin processing operations and service providers carrying out these operations in the name and on behalf of these institutions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Metal parts.

Article D121-2

The Monnaie de Paris and the Banque de France, acting on behalf of the French Treasury, are authorised to take back from their holders, for their face value and after verification of their authenticit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-10

…2312-21, the information contained in the database covers the current year, the two preceding years and, as may be envisaged, the following three years. This information is presented in the form of fi…

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