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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-8

…product; d) The duration of treatment; e) The number of animals to be included in the trial and the main inclusion criteria; 4° For the veterinary medicinal product to be tested: a) Its name as define…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-1

…ork set out in Article L. 1111-8-1 or when it intervenes under the first paragraph of II of article 26 of Law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on regional planning and development. He may attend other me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Sommaire

…e D. 1617-23 of the General Local Authorities Code). The budget (initial and supplementary budgets, main and annexed budgets, annexed statements) is a deliberation that the authorising officer impleme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies C

…agraph of II of l'article 1478. For public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation subject in 2011 to the provisions of this article, the business tax rate to be used is the weighted average bus…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-1

…y on the activities set out in article L. 321-11 ;7° The associations referred to in article L. 322-26-3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Management entrusted to private-law bodies by agreement or convention.

Article L5427-1

…of the same code; c) (Repealed) ; d) By the social welfare fund provided for byorder no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977 extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affairs to the Depart…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article D2213-1-0-2

…sion mobility zone studied in application of the second paragraph of 3° of II of the article L. 229-26 of the Environment Code. III.-Municipalities or public establishments of inter-municipal cooperat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R4462-1

…d explosives;3° In pyrotechnic decontamination sites covered byarticle 1 of decree no. 2005-1325 of 26 October 2005 as amended relating to safety rules applicable to work carried out as part of a pyro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-29

…tion publique territoriale;5° Under the conditions provided for in Article 88-1 of Law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditure relating to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Collection and control of contributions.

Article L5422-16

…iquelon fall within the jurisdiction of the courts referred to in Article 8 of Order no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977 extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affairs to the Depart…

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