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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…a more serious penalty. This supervision requires the person concerned to submit, depending on the decision of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge, to one or more of the obligati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…mpany savings plans set up in several companies, the regulations determine, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, the procedures for company representation on the supervisory board and…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-18

…ion set out in Articles L. 321-10, L. 321-1-1 or L. 382-2 of this Code, L. 211-8, L. 211-8-1 or L. 214-7 of the Mutual Code and L. 931-4, L. 931-4-1 or L. 942-7 of the Social Security Code; 2° If, at…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

…ations provided for from II to X. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2121-1 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 L. 2121-2 la loi n° 2013-403 du 17 mai 2013 L. 2121-2-1 law no. 2019-1461 o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…o a maximum of €7,650. The same applies to the functional allowances mentioned in I of article 80 undecies B, up to an amount equal to 17% of the amount of the salary corresponding to the terminal gro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1

…tion to one or more patients by a pharmacy for internal use in the said establishment. They must be declared to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, under condition…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-29

…tive amounts resulting from the application of 1.1 and 2.1 of article 78 of law no. 2009-1673 of 30 December 2009 on finance for 2010, including the amounts provided for in VIII of the same 2.1, recei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

…ith the age limit provided for in Article L. 225-48 of the Commercial Code.These persons may not be declared to have resigned automatically if, subsequent to their appointment, they exceed the statuto…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-2

…on gambling and casinos set out in articles L. 324-1 to L. 324-4, L. 324-10 and L. 324-12 to L. 324-14 of the French Internal Security Code;n) Infringement of the laws and regulations governing financ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…ticles L. 3211-11-1, L. 3211-2-3, L. 3211-12-1, L. 3211-12-7, L. 3212-5, L. 3212-7, L. 3212-8, L. 3214-1, L. 3215-1 and L. 3215-2 shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resul…

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