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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Overseas departments

Article 296 quater

…licable in Guadeloupe, Réunion and Martinique: 1° Les articles 298 sexdecies G and 298 sexdecies H; 2° The other provisions relating to value added tax insofar as they refer to transactions carried ou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1245-2

…e shall ensure : 1° That these have been removed or collected with the prior consent of the donor ; 2° That no payment of any kind has been made to the donor.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Information exchange

Article L413-2

Article L. 8271-4 of the Labour Code governs the transmission by the control agents mentioned in article L. 8271-1-2 of the same code to the agents of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animé…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Income tax deducted at source

Article 204 I

…article 204 E are modified in the event of : 1° Marriage or conclusion of a civil solidarity pact; 2° Death of one of the spouses or one of the partners bound by a civil solidarity pact subject to jo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Implementation of the personal training account for disabled people in care in an establishment or service providing assistance through work

Article D6323-29-2

…ction Sociale et des Familles which is financed by the establishment or work-based support service; 2° And, secondly, half of the state-funded job subsidy mentioned in the same article L. 243-4.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L366-2

…nd L. 343-5, the words: "in France" are replaced by the words: "on the territory of New Caledonia"; 2° References to refusal of entry to French territory are replaced by the reference to refusal of en…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article R321-25

I. - The authorisation referred to in II of Article L. 327-10 is issued, on an individual basis, by the chairman of the control commission to the commission's rapporteurs and agents for a renewable pe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-267

…1° A protected interventional block with several interventional rooms, each of which is protected; 2° Technical rooms, where appropriate, located in the protected interventional block. The interventi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-2

…e proportions he wishes: 1° For compensation under the conditions set out in article R. 6152-807-3; 2° For the time savings account to be maintained under the conditions set out in article R. 6152-807…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-29

…1° Police and gendarmerie personnel authorised in accordance with the procedures set out in 1° and 2° of I of Article R. 40-28 ; 2° Individually designated and specially authorised agents of the spec…

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