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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1435-7

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency for the zone defined in article L. 1435-2 assists the Prefect of the Defence and Security Zone mentioned in article L. 1311-1 of the Defence Code. Fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-7

The centre referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3 shall compile a file containing information on the two members of the couple or the unmarried woman at the origin of conception which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-55

The national automated DNA fingerprint database centralises DNA traces and fingerprints relating to the following offences: 1° Sexual offences referred to in Article 706-47 of this code as well as the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article 211-7

Long-length cinematographic works are made: 1° With the assistance of film studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union or, when they…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Digitisation conditions

Article 511-7

The restoration and digitisation of cinematographic works results in the creation of digital files that guarantee the integrity and completeness of the information contained in the original material e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Valuation rules

Article 764 bis

…this property is also occupied as a main residence by the surviving spouse, by the partner linked to the deceased by a civil solidarity pact or by one or more minors or protected adult children of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 775 bis

Annuities and compensation paid or due to the deceased as compensation for bodily injury resulting from an accident or illness are deductible from the assets of the estate at their nominal value..

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French General Tax CodeIn force
b : Deductible liabilities

Article 775 quater

The amount of rent or occupancy allowances actually reimbursed by the estate to the surviving spouse or partner bound to the deceased by a civil solidarity pact pursuant to articles 515-6 and 763 of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Transfers subject to reduced or exempt taxation

Article 707 bis

…e eviction of a purchaser, the exercise of the right of pre-emption instituted by articles L. 412-1 to L. 412-13 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, relating to the status of tenant farming and sh…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-7

The President or the Vice-Presidents delegated by the President who, in order to carry out their mandate, have ceased their professional activity benefit, if they are employees, from the provisions of…

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