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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-11

The budget meets the following conditions: 1° Each of the projected profit and loss accounts is presented in balance; however, the main projected profit and loss account and the projected profit and l…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1451

I. - Subject to the provisions of II, the following are exempt from cotisation foncière des entreprises: 1° Agricultural cooperative companies and their unions and agricultural collective interest com…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article R345-1-1

Two or more undertakings referred to in Articles L. 310-1 or L. 310-1-1, insurance group companies referred to in Article L. 322-1-2, mutual insurers or unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Dispensing on the basis of a prescription in non-proprietary names.

Article R5125-55

Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles R. 5132-4 and R. 5132-29, a prescription expressed as a non-proprietary name pursuant to Article L. 5125-23 and as defined in Article R. 5121-1 must inc…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Purpose of approval.

Article R6312-12

Approval for medical transport carried out as part of emergency medical aid may only be granted to persons with : 1° Personnel in the categories mentioned in 1° or 2° of article R. 6312-7, possibly ac…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-4

The enforcement officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 shall, upon written request, forward to the officers of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the regional directorates for cu…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-88

Any national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who is qualified to carry out all or some of the activities mentioned in a…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Taking account of the national health strategy in Corsica, in the local authorities referred to in Article 73 of the Constitution and in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R1411-11

When the national health strategy is drawn up and evaluated, account is taken of regional cooperation initiatives organised by players in the health and medico-social sectors, with each of the local a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article R151-1

When making an investment as referred to in article R. 151-2, the following constitute an investor within the meaning of this chapter: 1° Any natural person of foreign nationality; 2° Any natural pers…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 230

In the case provided for in 1° of article 229-2, divorce may be requested jointly by the spouses where they agree on the breakdown of the marriage and its effects by submitting for the judge's approva…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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