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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exemption

Article 1594 I ter

The departmental councils of the overseas departments may, by deliberation, exempt from land registration tax or registration duty transfers of co-ownership shares in classified hotels, tourist reside…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-27

…cable to the proceedings in question or did not constitute the basis for the prosecution, the court may, if it intends to apply this provision when examining the case, retract this refusal and refer t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 11: Validation of acquired experience

Article 212-167-4

Certain skills relating to particular safety conditions, both for participants and for third parties, in the exercise of activities in a specific environment, as defined in article R. 212-7, may be ex…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-23

…eal against an order for remand in custody, it shall be examined by this judge. However, the latter may refer the matter to the Examining Magistrate's Chamber if the issue warrants it.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission

Article R1442-22-3

The list of members of the Commission nationale de discipline des conseillers prud'hommes is sent to the Minister of Justice and published in the Journal officiel de la République française by the Fir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-15-1

A partner chiropodist may only practise his profession within a single private practice company and may not practise the same profession on an individual basis. A partnership of chiropodists must, in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-4-2

…ion from their supervisory authority, bodies governed by public law within the meaning of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the activity of subcontracting the performance of preparations

Article R5125-33-2

…sation to carry out the subcontracting activity referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 5125-1 is requested by the pharmacist owning the pharmacy from the Director General of the regional he…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-22

…mber and which is stamped by the registrar indicating the day on which it was lodged. This document may also be filed with the registry of the investigating judge, the liberty and custody judge or the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-3-2

An intermediary who has satisfied the obligations set out in the seventh and eighth paragraphs of Article L. 228-1 may, by virtue of a general securities management mandate, transmit for a meeting the…

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