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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Declarations.

Article R5211-65-1

The declarations provided for in Articles L. 5211-3-1 and R. 5211-65 as well as the communication provided for in Article R. 5211-66 are made to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

1. Value added tax must be paid by the persons carrying out the taxable transactions, subject to the cases referred to in Articles 275 to 277 A where payment of the tax may be suspended.However, where…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-7

When the purchaser decides to require the contractor to subcontract part of his contract pursuant to 2° of article L. 2393-3, he shall indicate this in the contract notice in the form of percentages s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic aid (R)

Article R4253-3

The provisions of articles R. 1511-40 to R. 1511-43 are applicable to the regions.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-6

The amount of the increase in fines provided for in Article 132-20 of the Penal Code is set by the judge on the basis of the circumstances of the offence, the personality of the offender and the offen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Rates

Article Annexe à l'article A132-18

You can consult the table in the facsimile of OJ nº 0301 of 29/12/2015, text nº 35 at the following address http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000031702029

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-30

The council of auction houses shall ensure sufficient publicity, at least four months in advance, of the date set for the test, in particular by insertions in professional journals, by posting in its…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-31

Individual invitations stating the day, time and place of the test are sent to each candidate at least fifteen days in advance by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any other equi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-32

The aptitude test, the programme for which is set out in Annex 3-5 to this book, comprises a maximum of three interviews, each lasting twenty minutes, dealing respectively with legal matters, the prac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-6

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumer Affairs, Labour and Employment shall terminate the temporary suspension or temporary ban on the provision of services in the light of the proo…

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