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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Skin-invasive tattooing and body piercing.

Article R1311-5

…are activities involving infectious risks. Its disposal is subject to the provisions of articles R. 1335-1 to R. 1335-8, R. 1335-13 and R. 1335-14.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article R643-10

…osecuting the order, which shall be collated in accordance with the rules set out in article L. 641-13. It also settles the costs of each creditor ranked in the appropriate order, determines the sums…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-90

During the public adversarial debate provided for in the second paragraph of Article 713-47, the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him shall be assisted by a court clerk. The a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R633-2

…s to ensure that the sanctions or measures it has adopted pursuant to Articles L. 633-12 and L. 633-13 are effective.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sampling.

Article R5127-4

Except in the cases provided for in article R. 5127-13, a sample consists of three samples, one left with the owner or holder of the product, the second destined for the laboratory competent to carry…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 C

…he ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finances for 2012, by the board of directors of the public establishment and notified to the tax departments.The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 D

…eiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012, by the board of directors of the public establishment and notified to the tax departments.The…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

…ions operators, and in particular those mentioned in 1 du I de l'article 6 de la loi 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique, de prendre, sans délai, toutes mesures propre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-3

The number of people benefiting from the employment obligation mentioned in Article L. 5212-13 takes into account all the workers mentioned in Article L. 5212-13, regardless of the duration and nature…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classified tourist resorts.

Article L133-15

…t the request of the tourist municipalities concerned, the classification referred to in article L. 133-13 is awarded by order of the competent administrative authority for a period of twelve years.To…

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