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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a State that is not a member of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who hold evidence of formal qualifications issued by one of the member or party States.

Article R4221-13-7

The Director General of the Centre national de gestion, acting on behalf of the Minister for Health, issues the practice authorisations provided for in article L. 4221-9, after obtaining the opinion o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-13-1

I.-The amount of time devoted to the continuing professional training or development mentioned in II of article L. 511-2 may not be less than fifteen hours per year. II -The continuing professional tr…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-13-1

The declaration of the public interest in the abstraction of water for human consumption referred to in article L. 1321-2 is published in the departmental registry of administrative acts and is displa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-4

The safety features may only be replaced by equivalent safety features in order to verify the authenticity, identify and provide proof of unlawful handling of the medicinal product. This replacement i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies B

After deliberation by the municipality or the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax system, taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis, the basis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 A ter

In French Guiana, municipal councils and the deliberative bodies of public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a decision taken under the conditions provide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D71-111-13

…e absence of adoption of the administrative account on the date of the vote on the budget for the following financial year, when the result of the operating section, the financing requirement or, wher…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-13

If the administrative account has not been adopted by the date of the vote on the budget for the following financial year, when the result of the operating section, the financing requirement or, where…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Control

Article R5132-1-13

The Departmental Directorate for Employment, Labour and Solidarity sends the structure concerned the list of persons declared eligible for the check and the supporting documents requested using the te…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-13-1

When a commercial agent has assigned to his professional activity assets separate from his personal assets pursuant to the provisions of article L. 526-6, and transfers his domicile within the meaning…

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