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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4451-58

…apter;7° The special rules laid down for pregnant or breast-feeding women, workers under the age of 18, workers with fixed-term employment contracts and temporary workers;8° Arrangements for monitorin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-17-1

…ponds to this request, in particular as part of the on-call service provided for in article R. 6312-18 : 1° Send a crew to the patient within the time limit set by the emergency medical assistance ser…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 A

Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a general decision taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, exempt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Financial penalties imposed by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs

Article L5473-1

…al entity. The amount of the penalty imposed for the breaches mentioned in 1° to 8°, 10° to 13° and 18° to 21° of Article L. 5461-9 and in 1° to 7°, 9°, 10° and 14° to 17° of Article L. 5462-8 may not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Expenditure

Article L72-103-2

…lting from the maintenance of property transferred to the community by application of l'article L. 318-2 of the town planning code;16° Expenditure on the maintenance and construction of commercial and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-10

…meeting all the conditions mentioned in Article 33(6) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 November 2017 is issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, after…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register

Article R521-2

…l warrants;16° Leasing transactions involving movable property;17° Criminal seizures of businesses; 18° Orders issued pursuant to Articles L. 184-1 or L. 511-11 of the Construction and Housing Code re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…recherche et documentation en économie de la santé ;17° Institut national d'études démographiques ;18° L'Observatoire français des drogues et toxicomanies ;19° The Haut Conseil pour l'avenir de l'ass…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-16

…and the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas approved before 31 December 2012: 1° Distributors who, as part of contracts for the concession of cinematographic performance ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R743-13

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 214-187, R. 214-190 and R. 214-191n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-192n° 2019-1078 of 22 October 2019R.…

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