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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39

…subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Recruitment methods and means of monitoring employee activity

Article L2312-38

…med, prior to their use, of any methods or techniques used to assist in the recruitment of job applicants and of any changes thereto. It shall also be informed, prior to their introduction into the co…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General rules for taking leave

Article L3142-34

In the absence of an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-32, the following provisions apply: 1° The minimum duration of the leave is six months and the maximum duration is eleven months ; 2° The ri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-30

…d medicinal products by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.Fractional dispensing of a medicinal product classified as a narcoti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-32

The order forms referred to in article R. 5132-31 are kept and filed by dispensing pharmacists under the same conditions as prescriptions for narcotics.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-31

…d as narcotics issued and held for their professional use up to the limit of a provision for urgent care. This provision is determined, after consultation with the Director General of the Agence natio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-3

…f the second paragraph of Article 60-1 shall apply. The last paragraph of article 60-1 is also applicable. When the requisitions relate to data mentioned in article 60-1-1 and issued by a lawyer, they…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-35

…ay reserve the subscription or purchase of units or shares to no more than twenty investors or to a category of investors whose characteristics are defined in the information document provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-39

…t out in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers.The conditions for the application of this article, particularly with regard to the capacity and nature of the debt, are set by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-33

Undertakings for collective real estate investment take the form of either variable-capital real estate investment companies (sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable) or r…

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