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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-2

Carrying out the drug brokering activity referred to in article L. 5124-19, without having registered with the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé under the conditions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-23

I.-The collectivity of Corsica shall benefit from the proceeds of the domestic consumption tax on energy products and the domestic tax on insurance policies available to the territorial collectivity o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-20

When facts likely to constitute a breach of the obligation defined in article L. 336-3 are brought to its attention, the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique may send…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII A: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article L681-2

I. - The court shall open proceedings provided for in Titles II to IV of this Book if the conditions are met. The provisions specific to open proceedings shall apply, subject to this title. II. - In t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Related agents

Article L775-29

I.-Subject to the provisions of II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: END OF PROTECTION

Article L562-2

…fit of subsidiary protection.If, however, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons deems it necessary to conduct a personal interview, this takes place under the conditio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article L2317-2

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2312-19, the failure, in a company with at least three hundred employees or in a separate establishment with at least three hundred employe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Financing

Article L4163-21

The expenses generated by the professional prevention account mentioned in article L. 4163-1 and its management are covered by the national bodies of the occupational injury and disease branch of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Work

Article L3215-2

The departmental council rules: 1° On the department's contributory share of expenditure that concerns both the department and the communes; 2° On the contributory share to be imposed on the departmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Social and tax regime.

Article L3332-27

The sums mentioned in article L. 3332-11 may be deducted by the company from its profits for the purposes of corporation tax or income tax, as the case may be. They are not taken into account for the…

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