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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Teaching and research activities

Article R6133-24

…h activities are distributed in accordance with article R. 6133-5 and articles R. 611-13 and R. 611-14-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code. Any deficits generated by these activities are not en…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies

…xpenses, allocated to their business and which they acquire or manufacture from 15 April 2015 until 14 April 2017 when these assets can be depreciated according to the system provided for in Article 3…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L784-8

…1-8 to L. 621-8-2, L. 621-8-4 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 621-9 with the exception of 14° and 20° of its II Order 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-9-1 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L783-8

…1-8 to L. 621-8-2, L. 621-8-4 Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 621-9 with the exception of 14° and 20° of its II Order 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-9-1 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-10

…vided for in article L. 323-6, are exercised by the supervisory body provided for in article L. 323-14. The rules set out in articles L. 323-5, L. 323-8 and L. 323-9 then apply to this body. If all th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-22

If the agreements provided for in articles L1424-13, L1424-14 and L1424-17, six months before the deadline set in these same articles, a national commission settles, on referral from the prefect, with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-43

…all shares held by the mutual funds it manages. Articles L. 225-126, II and III and articles L. 233-14 and L. 247-2 of the French Commercial Code are applicable. When the management company complies w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-3

…re required, under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code, to keep secret any information which may come to their knowledge by vir…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article L314-24

…Article L. 313-1, the provision of the advice service referred to in articles L. 313-13 and L. 313-14 and, where applicable, intermediation activities. When the conclusion of a credit agreement invol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-1-2

…t settles day-to-day business, carries out the functions assigned to the council by article L. 4113-14 and II of article L. 4124-11 and rules on appeals against decisions of the departmental councils…

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