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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-8

The Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy is made up of seven colleges whose members have the right to vote:1° The college of representatives of local and regional authorities, comprising :a) The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion

Article R6523-19

In addition to the Prefect or his representative and, as appropriate, the President of the Regional Council in Guadeloupe and La Réunion, the President of the Assembly in French Guiana or the Presiden…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-87-1

The "Oncological surgery" modality comprises the following entries: I.-Category A providing oncology surgery in adults for one or more of the following seven tumour locations, mentioned in the authori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-10

…ided for in article R. 143-145 46.82 € 45 Specific requirements in the event of company conversions 16.72 € 46 Updating information from main registrations to secondary registrations and from secondar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-4

…roup means the whole formed by a company and those it controls within the meaning of Article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code or institutions within the meaning of Articles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of Delegated…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

…der the conditions defined inarticle L. 233-1, in I and II of article L. 233-3 and inarticle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code.The sector of activity used to assess the economic reason for redundancy i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 terdecies

…r which payment is staggered, deferred or split; b) Credit facilities referred to in Article L. 311-16 of the same code; c) Account overdrafts; d) Hire-purchases and leases with a purchase option. The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising municipal mandates

Article L2123-14-1

…ate. III. - The provisions of this article apply without prejudice to articles L. 5211-4-2, L. 5214-16-1, L. 5215-27, L. 5216-7-1 and L. 5217-7.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-24

…ve the machine being used, as they cannot benefit from the exemption provided for in article R. 221-16 of the Highway Code;Personal safety equipment:- participants must be equipped with an approved he…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-12

…drawal, as provided for in articles L. 222-7 to L. 222-12 of the Consumer Code or in article L. 341-16 of this Code, as the case may be, and how it may be exercised; 7° The law applicable to the pre-c…

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