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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-2

With the exception of the management posts mentioned in article R. 113-3, contract staff are divided into the following four job categories: 1° Category 1 "Head of Department" includes staff who perfo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZL

In the case of online gambling or betting, the levy is due in respect of sums committed as part of a gambling or betting session carried out by means of a player account opened on a dedicated site as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater B

I.-A person liable for the tax provided for in article 299 who is not subject to the simplified actual taxation scheme provided for in article 302 septies A not allowed to file its returns by calendar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-4

I. - The creation, transfer or closure of a pharmacy for internal use is subject to the granting of an authorisation issued by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency after obtaining the op…

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

Article R1222-1

In addition to the Chairman of the Etablissement Français du Sang, the Board of Directors of the Etablissement Français du Sang comprises:1° Eleven members representing the State: a) Four representati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-31

The crimes and offences for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred and which are liable, in accordance with the provisions of articles 723-29 to 723-37, to give rise to judicial supervision of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Territorial health councils .

Article R1434-33

I.- The territorial health councils are made up of a minimum of thirty-four members and a maximum of fifty members, distributed as follows:1° College of professionals and health service providers, mad…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

…20-232 of 11 March 2020 L. 1121-12 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-13 Order no. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018 L. 1121-14 Law no. 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-15 Order no. 2018-20 of 17 Janua…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…e with the exception of interest paid under the conditions provided for in article 14 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation to the capital securities of companies govern…

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

Article L5442-10

…ulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and paragraph 3 of Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on th…

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