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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 D

…pe taken under the conditions defined in Article 1639 A bis, exempt from the business property tax: 1° From the year following that of their establishment, doctors as well as medical auxiliaries menti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract

Article L5134-116

…set as part-time, with the employee's agreement, after authorisation from the persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5134-19-1. In this case, it may not be less than half the weekly full-time w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-1

…r allocated by reference to the prospect of reaching retirement age. These contracts are taken out :1° By an employer or group of employers for the benefit of their employees or former employees, or b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article R133-1

Libraries open to the public for lending mentioned in articles L. 133-3 and L. 133-4 are : 1° Local authority libraries designated in articles L. 310-1 to L. 310-6 and L. 320-1 to L. 320-4 of the Heri…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-12

…the assets representing the commitments of the agreement and the technical provisions mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 441-7 are recorded, as well as a table of commitments received and given…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L6441-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this article, the provisions of the last paragraph of Article L. 6111-6-1, of Article L. 6147-10, of the I of Article L. 6147-13, of Article L. 6326-1 and of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Enforcement and sanctions

Article R151-13

When the Minister enjoins an investor, pursuant to 1° of I and II of Article L. 151-3-1, to submit an application in order to regularise its situation, the injunction shall specify the documents and i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.

Article R123-65

The application for secondary registration shall state the information referred to in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237, as well as: 1° For companies, the information provided for in 1°, 2° and 4° of ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposed agreement

Article R15-33-60-2

…shall make use of the option provided for in II of Article 77-2. The proposed agreement specifies: 1° The corporate name of the legal entity concerned; 2° A precise statement of the facts and the leg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-27-1

…the medical devices mentioned in Article R. 5212-26 and used during exposure to ionising radiation :1° Manufacturers shall provide operators with the internal quality control procedures for their devi…

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