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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-1

I.-For the application of III and IV of Article L. 2336-2 and I of article L. 2336-5, the logarithmic coefficient varies according to the population determined in application of

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Foreign nationals planning to set up a business

Article R421-34

…multi-annual residence permit bearing the "talent passport" mention provided for in article L. 421-16, the competent diplomatic or consular authority or prefect verifies the compatibility of the acti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-13

…ef Executive Officer, with the exception of the matters referred to in 1°, 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 8°, 15°, 16°, 17°, 18°, 19° and 20° of article R. 1413-12, within the limits that it shall determine and in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection measures

Article L1151-2

…cal devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC or the practice of other aesthetic ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6264-5

…bal grant for school construction and equipment is due to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy from 2009.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-37-1

…cist's margin set by regulation is zero; 2° The remuneration and fees mentioned in 6° of article L. 162-16-1 of the Social Security Code, excluding the fixed duty allowance, and to 7°, 7° bis, 13°, 14…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-1

…n of accreditation bodies; 2° Or, under conditions laid down by decree, by bodies which, on 22 July 2009, held the approval required to issue inspection certificates for furnished tourist accommodatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-27

…has been identified; or 3° Without having complied with the conditions laid down in Articles L. 313-16 to L. 313-18, applicable to the assessment of a borrower's creditworthiness. L. 313-16 to L. 313-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 4: Internship agreement

Article R426-19

…ere one of these clauses is clearly not applicable.In the case provided for in 1° of article R. 426-16, the trainee receives a bonus under the conditions provided for by article L. 124-6 of the Educat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts

Article D4362-11-1

…corrections of eye contact lens prescriptions dating from less than :-one year, for patients under 16 years of age;-three years for a medical prescription and two years for an orthoptic prescription,…

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