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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-10

I.-The following offences are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° Any person prescribing veterinary medicinal products or medicated feedstuffs to animals for which the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions of access and practice

Article D548-3-1

…s of financing through donations on its website, the amount of cover provided may not be less than €100,000 per claim and €200,000 per year of insurance.The amount of cover per policy year must enable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-104

…on or rehabilitation (number 78 in table 5) give rise to the collection of an emolument composed of:1° A component proportional to the payments made on any basis whatsoever during the first five years…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3° ter: Special provisions for urban renewal projects covered by an agreement with the National Agency for Urban Renewal (ANRU)

Article 1384 G

…he supply of social rental housing demolished under the conditions provided for in articles 6 and 9-1 of law n° 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 on the guidelines and programming for towns and urban renewa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AE

I.-1° The intermediary referred to in Article 1649 AD is any person who designs, markets or organises a cross-border device that must be declared, makes it available for the purposes of its implementa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-2

…cation of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 includes a section relating to the history…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-3

…nts concluded pursuant to Article L. 5422-20, under the conditions laid down in Articles L. 5422-20-1 and L. 5422-20-2. The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter IV of Title II of Book IV of this Part do…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing of vocational training

Article L6523-2-4

…Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ofarticle L. 6332-17 of the Labour Code, 1° of this article reads as follows: "1° The costs of training courses under…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R7345-7

…rs of the Board of Directors, with the exception of those mentioned in 3° and 4° of article R. 7345-1, and the Managing Director may not acquire or retain any interest in, or hold any office in, a com…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration of members of the professions of medical electroradiology manipulator and medical laboratory technician and of graduates not in practice

Article D4354-1

…ian or medical laboratory technician shall carry out the registration provided for in Article L. 4351-10 and Article L. 4352-4 on the basis of the training certificate or authorisation presented by th…

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