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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2131-4

Practitioners who have been approved by the Agence de la biomédecine on the basis of the provisions prior to the entry into force of Law No 2011-814 of 7 July 2011 on bioethics to carry out one or mor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article A822-28-9

Commissionaires aux comptes shall declare annually, by 31 March at the latest, to the Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes or its delegate, the conditions under which they have fulfilled their con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Transmission of information.

Article R5323-8

Each year, before 31 March of the following year, the private-sector organisation providing job placement services must submit the following information to the Prefect, in accordance with a model laid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-6

…mitted to trading on a regulated market, the number of directors elected pursuant to article L. 225-27 may not be more than five nor exceed one-third of the number of other directors. Any appointment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Donated gametes.

Article R1211-28

…etes from a donation, is required to have prior access to the document mentioned in article R. 1211-27, to be aware of the results of the examinations mentioned in 2° of article R. 1211-25 and article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Specific provisions for mobile or portable equipment emitting ionising radiation

Article R4451-28

I.-For the equipment mentioned in Article R. 4451-27, the employer shall identify and define an operating area such that the effective dose at its periphery remains below 0.025 millisieverts, integrat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Monitoring the state of health of mannequins in the workplace

Article R7123-4

…10 to R. 4624-21 and the fitness medical examination provided for in articles R. 4624-23 to R. 4624-27 are carried out by the occupational health service responsible for the medical monitoring of mann…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis F

…stribution of free shares and the payment deadlines provided for by Article 3 of Law no. 94-1135 of 27 December 1994 relating to the conditions for the privatisation of the Société nationale d'exploit…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-29

…L. 531-2 to L. 531-23.In the cases provided for in 3° of Article L. 531-24 and 6° of Article L. 531-27, the Office will rule within ninety-six hours and will take account of the applicant's vulnerabil…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R354-4

…olonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICLES APPLICABLES DANS LE LE RÉDACTIONURS R. 341-24 to R. 341-27 Resulting from the decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016

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