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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Obligations of manufacturers and merchants

Article 303

Any manufacturer or merchant of apparatus suitable for the distillation, manufacture or ironing of eaux-de-vie or spirits is required, at least three days before the start of the manufacture or trade,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-3

The provisions of articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-2, articles L. 225-3 to L. 225-16, L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-32

The provisions of articles L. 224-1, L. 224-2, the second paragraph of article L. 225-2, articles L. 225-3 to L. 225-16, L. 225-25, L. 225-26, L. 225-258 to L. 225-270, the fourth paragraph of article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Exemptions, special rebates and tax reductions

Article 1391 D

It is granted on the property tax assessment on built properties relating to buildings allocated to housing belonging to low-income housing bodies referred to in article L. 411-2 of the French Constru…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution and to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article D441-2

For the application of this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III - Right to warn on public health and environmental issues

Article D4133-1

The worker alert provided for in Article L. 4133-1 is recorded in a special register, the pages of which are numbered. This warning is dated and signed. It shall indicate: 1° The products or manufactu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental investment harmonisation conference (R)

Article D3142-1

In addition to the President of the General Council and the Prefect, the departmental investment harmonisation conference comprises: 1° Three mayors of communes with fewer than 2,000 inhabitants, appo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agreement

Article D5134-151

…nature of the project; 2° The length of the working week; 3° The characteristics of the position and the activity undertaken in relation to the needs to be met; 4° The amount and terms of payment of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma.

Article D4351-8

The duration of the preparatory course for the State diploma in medical electroradiology manipulator is three years. The following are set by order of the Minister of Health: 1° The conditions for stu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article D6162-1

The Board of Directors of cancer centres other than the Institut Gustave Roussy and the Fondation Curie is governed by the provisions of this section. The members of the Board of Directors mentioned i…

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