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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local conciliation commission.

Article R6142-20

If no agreement is reached within two months of the committee meeting, the Prefect shall refer the matter to the Ministers for Higher Education and Health. Subject to the provisions of article L. 6142…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-20

The estimated remunerated staffing table shows, for each of the estimated profit and loss accounts and by grade, qualification or status, the number of medical and non-medical staff whose remuneration…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport (vocational qualifications in youth, popular education and sport)

Article D212-20

The "brevet professionnel de la jeunesse, de l'éducation populaire et du sport" is a State diploma registered in the "répertoire national des certifications professionnelles" and classified at level 4…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-20

The person placed under judicial supervision with a ban on approaching the victim and wearing an anti-seizure bracelet is notified of the following information: 1° The fitting of the bracelet incorpor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Role of the Government Commissioner

Article R2135-20

For the application of the provisions of the fourth paragraph of II of Article L. 2135-15, the Government Commissioner has a period of twenty-one days from the date of receipt of the deliberation of t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Issue of residence permits

Article R431-20

Subject to the exception provided for in article R. 426-3, the residence permit is issued by the prefect of the département in which the foreign national resides and, in Paris, by the prefect of the p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties

Article R513-20

I.-The Association shall set up a committee responsible for imposing the sanctions referred to in the first paragraph of II of Article L. 513-5 and in Article L. 513-6 on its members. This committee s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation by conversion of a société anonyme.

Article R229-20

The proposed conversion of the société anonyme, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 225-245-1, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
35° : Tax credit for the first subscription to a newspaper, periodical or online press service providing political and general information

Article 200 sexdecies

…e not taken into account for the assessment of income in the various categories, the sums paid, until 31 December 2022, by a taxpayer domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B, in respect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for storing documents.

Article R1131-20

The written consent and the duplicates of the prescription for the examination of genetic characteristics and the commented and signed medical biology analysis reports are kept by the prescribing doct…

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