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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General powers

Article R6144-1-1

The establishment's medical committee is informed on the following matters: 1° The annual report on the establishment's activities; 2° Division contracts 3° The annual review of the duty rosters; 4° T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary replacement

Article D6213-13-1

For the application of the provisions of article D. 6213-13 to army hospital interns and army hospital physician or pharmacist assistants, the authorisation or certificate, as the case may be, is issu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III-1: Sale of buildings to be constructed.

Article 1601-1

A sale of a building to be constructed is one in which the seller undertakes to build a building within a period specified in the contract. It may be concluded on completion or in a future state of co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16°: Acquisitions of woods and forests and land for reforestation

Article 1137

…bare land not subject to a prohibition on afforestation, recorded in a notarised deed signed before 1 January 2005, are exempt from any levy for the benefit of the Treasury if the purchaser undertakes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R732-10

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-332005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 13…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R733-10

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-33n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Notification of closed accounts, theft of cheques and cheque-writing bans

Article R734-10

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 131-32 and R. 131-332005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-34n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-35 to R. 13…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…e table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1611-1 and L. 1611-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-2-1 the loi n° 2011-1978 du 28 décem…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information on the presence of substances or products causing allergies or intolerances

Article R412-12

…cessing aid or derived from a substance or product listed in Annex II to amended Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 C

I. - For the application of the second paragraph of I of Article 1640 B, the reference communal and inter-communal rates are defined as follows:1. For communes that are not members in 2010 of a public…

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