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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 262

…or by the customer established outside France or on their behalf;2° Supply, repair, transformation, maintenance, chartering and rental operations relating to:- commercial sea-going vessels assigned to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R930-1

…522-1 to R. 522-25 ;6° Book VI, with the exception of Articles R. 600-1, R. 600-2, R. 600-4 to R. 611-50, R. 621-1 à R. 663-40, R. 663-42 to R. 663-44, the first two paragraphs of article R. 663-45,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Psychiatric care programme

Article R3211-1

I.-The care programme provided for in article L. 3211-2-1 is drawn up and modified by a psychiatrist who participates in the care of the person undergoing psychiatric care pursuant to chapters II and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-22

…ions or charges ;10° To decide on the disposal by mutual agreement of movable property up to €4,600;11° To set the remuneration and pay the costs and fees of lawyers, notaries, bailiffs and experts;12…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Bodies

Article L5211-9-2

…Without prejudice to article L. 2212-2, of the present code and by derogation from article L. 1311-2 and the second paragraph of article L. 1331-1 of the public health code when a public inter-com…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-4 (art. R122-6)

…e indivisible with regard to the company, which recognises only one owner for each of them. Article 11 The rights and obligations attached to the shares follow the securities regardless of who owns th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…ticle 313-2 of the Criminal Code; 4° The offences provided for by the articles L. 2339-1 to L. 2339-11, L. 2344-7 et L. 2353-13 of the Defence Code; 5° Offences under the articles 324-1 to 324-9 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2441-1

…January 2014 and No. 2017-808 of 5 May 2017, with the exception of Articles R. 2131-2-1 to R. 2131-11 and R. 2131-13 to R. 2131-22 and R. 2131-27 to R. 2131-34, and subject to the adaptations provide…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-17

…s to be performed in response to the risk of material misstatement relating to accounting estimates 11. In response to its assessment of the risk of material misstatement of the financial statements r…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R364-4

…ry values expressed in euros are replaced by their equivalent value in CFP francs;6° In Article R. 311-1, after the words: "the Minister responsible for immigration", the words: "the Minister for Fore…

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