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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Grafting activities referred to in Article R. 6122-25

Article R6123-81

Organ transplants and haematopoietic cell transplants may not be carried out as part of the self-employed activities of statutory full-time practitioners as provided for in Article L. 6154-1.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-81

Investments for the purpose of building, renovating, restructuring or making accessible as provided for in articles L. 111-7 to L. 111-7-4 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation, for the be…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-81

For the application of this sub-section :1° The market share of a cinema is defined as the ratio between the average sales achieved by this cinema over a given period defined in 3° and the sum of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing pharmacists

Article R5126-81

I.-The pharmacy for internal use is managed by a fire brigade pharmacist as referred to in article R. 1424-25 of the general code for local authorities. The pharmacist's time spent in the pharmacy for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81 bis

The salaries paid to apprentices with a contract that meets the conditions laid down by the French Employment Code, as well as the bonus mentioned in article L. 124-6 of the French Education Code paid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: The youth passbook.

Article R221-81

When, pursuant to the second paragraph of article L. 221-26, the competent administrative authority intends to penalise an infringement of the rules laid down by this article by forfeiting the interes…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-81

In each medico-social establishment or service or autonomous cosmetic surgery facility, the legal representative of the establishment organises the collection of reports relating to healthcare-associa…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Sampling and official control of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5141-81

For reasons of public health, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may require a company exploiting an immunological v…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Employees and managers of the International Chamber of Commerce

Article 81 D

Employees and directors called from abroad to take up employment with the International Chamber of Commerce in France are not subject to income tax on the salaries and wages paid to them in this capac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Provisions applicable to employees seconded abroad and to certain seagoing personnel

Article 81 A

I. - Persons domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who are employed and sent by an employer to a State other than France and that of the place of establishment of that employer may ben…

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