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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-40

…mission of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy in the cases provided for in Articles L. 6122-9, L. 6122-12 and L. 6122-13, includes the reasons for this decision and is sent to the applican…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Control and common provisions

Article L317-1

…in the course of their duties, to investigate and record breaches of the provisions of articles L. 312-1-1, L. 312-1-2, L. 314-12, L. 314-13 and L. 315-6 to L. 315-8 of this Code. The authorised offic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-7

…that the mental state of a person who has benefited, on the basis of the first paragraph of article 122-1 of the French Criminal Code, from a decision to discontinue proceedings, a decision that the p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 undecies: Companies located in dynamic urban areas

Article 44 sexdecies

I.-In the urban areas to be revitalised defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023 and, when they are located in the communes mentioned in the sixth paragrap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-10

A fine of 12,000 euros shall be imposed on the drawee who: 1. Indicate a provision that is less than the existing and available provision; 2. Rejecting a cheque on the grounds of insufficient or unava…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Litigation

Article 1963

…quittances et autres actes faits en vertu des articles L. 521-8 and L. 521-10, L. 521-11 et L. 521-12 of the Energy Code; 3° (Repealed).

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Categories of revenue

Article L3332-3

…d down by decree;9° Repayment of capital due and annuities redeemed;10° (Repealed);11° Depreciation;12° The provisional transfer from the operating section and the proceeds from the allocation of oper…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Community of communes

Article L5842-21

…daptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5214-7 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5214-8 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 II. - In the last paragraph of Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Accounting of the Banque de France

Article R144-5

Articles L. 123-12 to L. 123-14, the first paragraph of article L. 123-15 and articles L. 123-17 to L. 123-22 of the French Commercial Code as well as article R. 123-181, the second paragraph of artic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-10

…hem within the meaning of Articles L. 233-3, L. 233-4 and L. 233-10 of the FrenchCommercial Code;c) 12% for the first three years following payment;d) 3% per annum from the fourth year following the p…

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