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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mission of emergency medical services.

Article R6311-5

In addition to their tasks directly linked to the provision of emergency medical aid, the emergency medical aid services participate in health education, prevention and research. They also participate…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of customs offices.

Article 49

1. Orders issued by the Director General of Customs and Excise set the opening and closing hours of customs offices. 2. However, customs offices may not be open for less than eight hours from 1st Apri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-6

As stated in article 511-8 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of distributing or transferring organs, tissues, cellular products for therapeutic purposes or human products with a view to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: EXPENDITURE

Article L2321-2

Compulsory expenditure includes in particular: 1° The upkeep of the town hall or, if the municipality does not own one, the rental of a house or hall to take its place; 2° Office and printing costs fo…

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

Article L1111-9

…the preparation of the plan contract concluded between the State and the region pursuant to the loi n° 82-653 du 29 juillet 1982 portant réforme de la planification in order to take account of the spe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

…y savings plan may not be used to acquire securities offered under the conditions set out inarticle 80 bis of the General Tax Code; 2° Securities or shares the subscription of which has enabled the ho…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater L

I. - Agricultural businesses benefit from a tax credit in respect of each of the years 2011 to 2025 during which at least 40% of their revenue comes from activities mentioned in Article 63 under the o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

Financial securities admitted to the operations of a central depository may be registered in a securities account held by an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3, unless the issuer decides oth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-5

I. - Any person wishing to carry out an itinerant commercial or craft activity must present, at the request of the agents mentioned in article L. 123-30 the valid card allowing the exercise of an itin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-65

The number of compensable hours that an industrial tribunal member may claim to have devoted to studying the cases referred to in 2° of article R. 1423-55 may not exceed the periods set out in the tab…

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