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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-19-1

…val to the time of therapeutic use or destruction, and vice versa.This traceability is established :1° By information, the nature and content of which are laid down by order of the Minister for Health…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-106

…rovided for in the first paragraph of article R. 123-105 includes, for limited liability companies: 1° In the event of an increase or reduction in the share capital, a copy of the minutes of the share…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article D1333-6-4

The categories of substances that may benefit from the exemptions resulting from the application of articles R. 1333-6-1 to R. 1333-6-3 are as follows: -Metallic substances which, prior to their use i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 decies

Benefits paid under the provident scheme for professional football players instituted by the professional football charter are, with the exception of the capital sum in the event of the death or total…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1417

…his III are rounded to the nearest euro; the fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.IV. - 1° For the application of this article, the amount of income means the net amount after any applicat…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Accounting.

Article D2573-62

The articles R. 2342-1 to D. 2342-12 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and technical organisation of sectors.

Article R3221-2

Each health establishment mentioned in article L. 3221-1 is responsible for combating mental illness in the psychiatric sectors attached to it.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5132-43

Subject to the provisions of article R. 5132-27, the provisions of this section apply to poisonous substances and preparations which are neither medicinal products mentioned in section 1 nor cosmetic…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article R2-15-2

…ithin the limits of the need to know, all or part of the personal data and information mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 2-15-1 :the magistrates and registrars of the public prosecutor's office…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 97

Taxpayers subject mandatorily or by option to the controlled declaration regime are required to file each year, under the conditions and within the time limits set out in articles 172 and 175, a decla…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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