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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: State information.

Article L6332-23

The skills operators and France Compétences transmit to the State, under conditions determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat :1° Physical and accounting data relating to the actions they help to fin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Breastfeeding facilities

Article R4152-23

…s of this doctor available to the Labour Inspectorate.The doctor will visit the premises at least once a week. He shall record his observations in the register provided for in 2° of Article R. 4152-22…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Solidarity levies on income from assets and investment income

Article 235 ter

…cle L. 136-6 du code de la sécurité sociale; 2° Un prélèvement de solidarité sur les produits de placement mentionnés à l'article L. 136-7 of the same code. II.-The solidarity levy mentioned in 1° of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-23

…he indication to use the biological diagnosis mentioned in article R. 2131-22-1 is the subject of a certificate drawn up after consultation within a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre involvi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: National Conciliation Commission.

Article R6142-23

…ive university professors - hospital practitioners - biologists assigned to hospital and university centres; 2° Five biologists from university hospital centres. Substitute members belonging to the sa…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Retention period

Article R2391-23

…ee is deducted in instalments from the payments on account, the final partial payments and the balance.In the event that the amount of the sums owed to the contractor does not allow the retention of g…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Withholding taxes and levies on certain income and profits earned by companies not established in France for tax purposes

Article 235 quinquies

…A bis and 182 B may request that the tax thus paid be refunded to him, in the amount of the difference between this tax and the tax determined on the basis of a base net of the acquisition and conserv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-23

Subject to justification in the notes to the financial statements, the consolidating company may use, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 123-17, valuation rules set by regulation of the A…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-18

The application of the reduction coefficient is based on the conditions of reception and comfort in the cinema or cinemas, the diversity of art house films programmed, the number of weeks and screenin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-23

Organisations involved in radon monitoring are authorised : 1° to carry out measurements of radon activity in built-up areas ; 2° To analyse radon activity measurements. These bodies transmit the resu…

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