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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition (R).

Article R1221-1

…ed by order of the minister responsible for local authorities, according to the following breakdown:1° Ten local elected representatives, namely: a) Five elected representatives from municipalities wi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-1

The regulated commitments referred to in article R. 331-1 must, at all times, be represented by equivalent assets. These assets must be located within the territory of a Member State of the European U…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Levy on dividends

Article 117 quater

…ons belonging to a tax household whose reference tax income for the penultimate year, as defined in 1° of IV of Article 1417, is less than €50,000 for single, divorced or widowed taxpayers and €75,000…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-86

Any application for additional registration, amending registration and removal shall state: 1° For natural persons, their surname, customary name, pseudonym, first names and date and place of birth, a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798

The offences referred to in article 1812 are punishable, at the request of the administration, by the tax penalties provided for in I of article 1791. Whoever makes it impossible for the officers auth…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Identification and verification of the identity of the beneficiary of life insurance or capitalisation contracts

Article R561-10-3

…their beneficial owners, where the annual premium exceeds the thresholds set for these contracts in 1° of Article R. 561-16, under the following conditions: 1° Where the beneficiaries of the contracts…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: State diploma

Article D4151-1

The State diploma in midwifery, a national higher education diploma in accordance with the tenth paragraph (9°) of article D. 613-7 of the Education Code, is governed by articles D. 635-1 to D. 635-7…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article R1333-6-2

When the derogation is granted, the products resulting from the recovery operation are no longer radioactive substances as defined inArticle L. 542-1-1 of the Environmental Code and no longer warrant…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19-2

…ferred to in 2° and 3° of Article R. 53-19-1, the operations carried out under the said provisions: 1° Are carried out by agents specially authorised for this purpose by the requesting international o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy

Article R6523-2-15

In Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, in application of article L. 6523-1-3, a cross-industry skills operator approved under article L. 6332-1-1 is authorised by joint order of the ministers responsib…

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