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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 septies

The chargeable event for the tax provided for in article 266 sexies occurs and this tax is payable at the time when :1. The receipt of waste in a facility mentioned in 1 of I of article 266 sexies ;1a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-13

I.-The person responsible for a nuclear activity shall set up a system for recording and analysing events that may lead to accidental or unintentional exposure of persons to ionising radiation. This s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article L1425-2

…replace references to the regional conference on health and autonomy and the territorial conference;7° References to the territorial health project, the territorial health plan and the territorial mul…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 295

…ated products, other than coal and natural gases, carried out in Guadeloupe, Martinique or Reunion ;7° Short-term charters and rentals, within the meaning of a of 1° of Article 259 A of this code, of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-12

…des; 6° The President of the most representative professional organisation of climbing instructors; 7° A member of the most representative professional organisation of mid-mountain guides appointed by…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sporting events on public roads or roads open to public traffic not involving land motor vehicles

Article A331-2

…h route of the event; 6° The safety and protection arrangements for participants and third parties; 7° A certificate of insurance policy taken out by the event organiser or, failing this, a declaratio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-54-1

Leave is granted each year, at the employee's request, regardless of age: 1° To any employee appointed to sit on a voluntary basis on the administrative or management body of an association governed b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-117

…tinue or terminate his employment contract at the end of his leave or his period of part-time work; 7° The ceilings or levels mentioned in article L. 3142-114 and, for companies with at least three hu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-18-1

1° The provisions of Articles 1, 2, 4, 6, 9 to 11 and 15 of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 as amended on foodstuffs intended for infants and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis MA

I. - A tax on certain advertising expenses is introduced with effect from 1 January 1998.II. - This tax is payable by any person liable to value added tax whose turnover for the previous calendar year…

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