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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3411-2

…Code and the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code relating to entitlement to the benefits covered by the basic schemes, reimbursement of the portion guaranteed by the health insurance scheme, the insured p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-3-1

Public water and sanitation utilities may allocate a grant to the housing solidarity fund to help finance aid relating to the payment of water supplies or related collective charges mentioned in artic…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-13

…ant mentions: a) The designation and characteristics of the operation, the nature and the estimated amount excluding taxes of the subsidisable expenditure; b) The estimated timetable for the operation…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article R2392-3

…ntification of the issuer, data integrity, security, confidentiality and traceability of exchanges. Use of the public invoicing portal is exclusive of any other method of transmission in electronic fo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article R3133-3

…ntification of the issuer, data integrity, security, confidentiality and traceability of exchanges. Use of the public billing portal is exclusive of any other method of transmission. When an invoice i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-18

The information contained in the declaration referred to in article R. 1342-13 may only be used to respond to requests for information aimed at preventing the effects of the substances or mixtures con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-6

…l to salaries, the allocation takes into account the annual remuneration or the professional income taxed for income tax purposes for the previous year, up to a ceiling equal to the highest salary pai…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders, whether natural or legal persons.

Article R123-208

…f article R. 123-178, individuals placed by option or by operation of law under the simplified real tax regime provided for in article 302 septies A bis of the French General Tax Code may determine: 1…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Contributions payable in respect of the employment of apprentices.

Article L6243-3

…o validate a number of quarters corresponding to the length of the apprenticeship contract with the basic schemes.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation and partition of the community.

Article 1469

…this was necessary. It may not be less than the profit remaining, where the value borrowed has been used to acquire, conserve or improve an asset which is, on the day of the liquidation of the communi…

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