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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Opposition

Article R4234-46

…ion sent to the accused pharmacist will state that the opposition may be lodged within a period of five days. Unless otherwise provided for in this sub-section, the lodging of an opposition will follo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Maintaining the business.

Article R641-21

…request for termination submitted by the administrator or, failing this, the liquidator pursuant to IV of Article L. 641-11-1 shall be made by petition addressed to or lodged with the court registry.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L764-2

…) No. 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9; 2° In IV of Article L. 412-1, the words: "as well as persons or entities making one of the offers of this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-11

…of majority, the person whose gametes or germ tissue are stored in application of this I shall receive information from the multidisciplinary team of the centre where his/her gametes or germ tissue a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L4111-3

The workshops of public or private establishments providing technical or vocational education, as well as those of the social and medico-social establishments and services mentioned in 2°, a of 5° and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-1

…s impôts; 2° Le montant de la dotation de compensation de la taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de l'article 6 de la loi n° 86-1317 du 30 décembre 1986 modifiée portant loi de finance…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Temporary stoppage of work or activity.

Article L4731-1

…4311-7 or L. 4321-4, in particular by ordering the temporary stoppage of the part of the work or activity in question, when he finds that the cause of the danger results from: 1° Either a lack of prot…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-7

I.-If the authorisation given in application of article L. 212-3 provides for flat-rate remuneration, the phonogram producer pays the performer, in return for the exploitation of the phonogram contain…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII sexies : Capital gains tax on the sale of buildings other than building land

Article 1609 nonies G

…to 260,000 6% PV-(260,000-PV) × 25/ 100Superiorto 260,000 6% PV(PV = amount of taxable capital gain)IV. - A declaration, in accordance with a model drawn up by the administration, records the informat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions

Article L455-1

…spect of which proceedings have been brought for infringement of the provisions of Titles I, II and IV and the texts adopted for their application may be ordered by the examining magistrate or the cou…

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