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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

Articles R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-30 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2014-897 of 15 August 2014 relating to the judicial procedure for the release and review of n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L2123-12-1

…of the town council benefit each year from an individual right to training recorded in euros, which can be accumulated over the entire term of office up to a ceiling and the annual amount of which is…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-12

I.-The terms under which, pursuant to 10° of Article 10-2 and article 10-5-1, victims of violence have the right, when their medical examination has been requested by an officer or agent of the judici…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Final provisions

Article R822-124

…ub-section I relating to the provisions common to sociétés de commissaires aux comptes are not applicable to sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de commissaires aux comptes.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-11

…nals in a sector, customers and suppliers, may jointly decide to reduce the maximum payment period set in the second, third and fourth paragraphs of I of Article L. 441-10. They may also propose to us…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-12

The practitioner who meets the criteria mentioned in Article R. 2142-11 for carrying out the biological activities of preserving embryos with a view to their reception and implementation, mentioned in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Place of taxation

Article 10

…e, he is liable for tax at the place where he is deemed to have his main establishment. Individuals carrying out activities in France or owning property there, without having their tax domicile there,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to nationality disputes

Article 1044

…nsiders that there is a preliminary question, the court shall refer that party to appeal to the competent judicial court within a period of one month or, within the same period, to submit a request to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-7

…of the decision ruling on the transfer of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation. In the event of a decision to refer, the notice to the parties shall specify that no appe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Administrative, accounting and financial management of the personal training account

Article R6333-11

A statutory auditor certifies the annual accounts of the fund mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 6333-6 and verifies its financial equilibrium each year, by assessing the provisions and th…

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