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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4342-10

…in Article L. 4342-4, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission of Orthoptists, on the basis of an application accompanied by a file submitted and examined in accordance with the procedures laid d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article R5461-1

…lowing is punishable by the fine laid down for fifth class offences: 1° For a health establishment, an inter-hospital syndicate, a health cooperation group or an association mentioned in article R. 52…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-5

I.-Incentive agreements are concluded for a period of between one and five years, using one of the following methods: 1° By collective labour agreement ; 2° By agreement between the employer and the r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-3

…meet the conditions for taking the certificate of aptitude for the duties of statutory auditor pursuant to article R. 822-2. (1)It is carried out at the premises of a natural person or a company regis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1804

Infringements are punishable by a tax fine of €100 to €750, a penalty of between one and five times the value of the wine products to which the fraud relates, and confiscation of these products: - to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
32°: Tax credit for students to finance their higher education

Article 200 terdecies

I. - Loans taken out between 1 September 2005 and 31 December 2008 with a view to financing their studies by persons aged no more than twenty-five and enrolled in a course of higher education entitle…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-14

I. - The resources of the solidarity fund for the communes of the Ile-de-France region are distributed among the communes of this region with more than 5,000 inhabitants whose value of the synthetic i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

Companies which, having subscribed to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, w…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Renewal of residence permit

Article L433-3

When a foreign national holding a multiannual residence permit for a period of four years, a resident permit or a residence permit for a period of more than one year provided for by an international s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Extending the stay of students and researchers

Article L422-11

…ary residence permit bearing the words "seeking employment or setting up a business" is issued pursuant to 1° of article L. 422-10, its holder is authorised, during the period of validity of this perm…

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