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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions

Article R4451-127

…radiation and organising the access required to apply the provisions of section 6 of this chapter; 2° Centralising, verifying and keeping, for at least fifty years after the last exposure, all the re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4b: Levy on fixed-income investment income

Article 125 A

…eference tax income for the penultimate year, as defined in 1° of IV of article 1417, is less than €25,000 for single, divorced or widowed taxpayers and less than €50,000 for taxpayers subject to join…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-12

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 5122-11, the following may also engage in the activities defined in the first paragraph of that Article: 1° Persons who were engaged in such activities for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-120

…uiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon ;2° Or have completed a minimum period of secondary education in a school located in one of these are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-12

…he following cases: 1° When it considers that the establishment's financial situation so requires ; 2° When the institution is financially unbalanced according to criteria defined by decree. The terms…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment and working conditions.

Article L1253-12

…tions under which the work is performed include, exhaustively, those relating to :1° Working hours ;2° Night work3° Weekly rest and public holidays;4° Health and safety at work;5° Work by women, child…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-5

…nts himself as a producer by affixing his name, trade mark or other distinctive sign to the product;2° Who imports a product into the European Community with a view to sale, hire, with or without a pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-12

…cle R. 5134-11 :1° Is designed in such a way that the advertising nature of the message is obvious ;2° Contains at least :a) The name of the product or object and the common name ;b) Information essen…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-12

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 4311-2, the practice of the profession of nurse is permitted either as a multi-purpose auxiliary, or for one or more establishments or for a spec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article D3312-12

A. - The report provided for in Article L. 3312-1 includes the following information: 1° The budgetary guidelines envisaged by the department relating to projected changes in expenditure and revenue,…

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