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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-2

…or combinations of ingredients in disregard of the prohibitions laid down in paragraph 1 of Article 18 of the said Regulation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title III: Inspections

Article L6231-1

…ere medical biology examinations are carried out as provided for in Articles L. 6211-13 and L. 6211-18, the structures responsible for logistics and computer data hosting and external quality assessme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-67

…y different from those included in the syllabuses of the diplomas mentioned in 3° of Article R. 321-18and the professional examination mentioned in article R. 321-22, the person concerned shall, at hi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article R4163-37

The commission provided for in Article L. 4163-18 is set up within each managing body at local level. It is made up of: 1° Two members chosen by the employees' full or alternate representatives on the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-6

…ded for in Ia to IV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2121-1 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2121-2 Decree no. 2013-938 of 18 October 2013R. 2121-5 to R. 2121-8Decree no.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Other duties and taxes

Article 990 E

The tax provided for in article 990 D is not applicable:1° To international organisations, sovereign States, their political and territorial subdivisions, and to legal persons, bodies, trusts or compa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-12

…agreement and eligible to vote within the meaning of articles L. 2314-15 and L. 2314-17 to L. 2314-18-1 take part in the consultation. The agreement is valid if it is approved by the employees by a m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-5

…f this II is deemed to be a profit-sharing agreement within the meaning of I of this article and of 18° bis ofarticle 81 of the General Tax Code. The present title is applicable to this scheme, with t…

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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 Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Shareholdings in companies

Article L2253-1

…roduction facilities benefits from the support provided for in articles L. 311-12, L. 314-1, L. 314-18, L. 446-2, L. 446-5, L. 446-14 or L. 446-15 of the Energy Code. In the latter case, by way of der…

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