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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Access to the waiting area

Article R343-15

The delegate of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or its authorised representatives shall have access to each waiting area on presentation of their name card and subject…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of imprest accounts (R)

Article R1617-15

The provisions applicable to revenue accounts and those applicable to imprest accounts shall apply to revenue and imprest accounts.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Duties of the coordinator.

Article R4532-15

The co-ordinator chairs the inter-company college for safety, health and working conditions when its creation is required.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-15

Two months before the date of the first test of the session, the committee will draw up the list of candidates admitted to sit the tests of the professional aptitude examination. Individual invitation…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 G

I. - The flat-rate tax mentioned in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to electrical transformers under the public electricity transmission and distribution networks within the meaning of the Energy Cod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7122-15

Votes are taken by open ballot whenever one-sixth of the members present so request. In the event of a tie, the President shall have the casting vote.Nonetheless, votes on appointments shall always ta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-15

The sums collected by a company savings plan may be allocated to the acquisition of : 1° Securities issued by open-ended investment companies governed by articles L. 214-7 to L. 214-7-4 and L. 214-24-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L3121-15

Votes are taken by open ballot whenever one-sixth of the members present so request. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote.Nonetheless, votes on appointments are always taken by sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-151

Pharmacovigilance includes: 1° The reporting of adverse reactions suspected to be due to a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150, including cases of overdose, misuse, abuse a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157 bis

Taxpayers aged over sixty-five on 31 December of the tax year, or meeting one of the disability conditions mentioned in article 195, may deduct an amount of:- €2,620 from their net overall income if t…

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