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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5131-8

…ph 4 of Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, referred to above, after obtaining the opinion of the National Consumer Council; 3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Rental charges, taxes, fees and works

Article R145-36

…uidation and regularisation of service charge accounts, is communicated to the tenant no later than 30 September of the year following the year for which it was drawn up or, in the case of condominium…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article R410-1

…suant to Article L. 410-2 or those having the same purpose adopted pursuant to Order no. 45-1483 of 30 June 1945 and maintained in force on a transitional basis by the article 61 of order no. 86-1243…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-14

The general meeting of each establishment shall vote each year, no later than 30 November of the year preceding that for which it is drawn up, on a preliminary budget which complies with the general p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, registration and commencement of business of the company.

Article R743-38

Subject to the condition precedent provided for in article R. 743-30, the capital securities or company shares allocated as consideration for the contributions in kind are deemed to be paid up by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Funeral homes (R).

Article D2223-81

…provide acoustic insulation of at least 38 decibels (A) with regard to internal airborne noise and 30 decibels (A) with regard to external airborne noise when the funeral home is located close to a r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employees working the same shift pattern

Article D3171-1

…No employee may be employed outside this timetable, subject to the provisions of articles L. 3121-30, L. 3121-33, L. 3121-38 and L. 3121-39 relating to the annual overtime quota, and the hours of pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the enlarged committee

Article R4523-15

…sent by the chairman of the committee, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 2315-30 and the fourth paragraph of Article L. 2315-27, at least thirty days before the date set for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Propaganda documents

Article R7343-36

…cases to the judicial court and the rules of procedure laid down in articles R. 7343-27 to R. 7343-30 apply to challenges to decisions relating to the election propaganda documents of candidate organ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-8

…mined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products and distributors of cosmetic products as defined in Article 2(…

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