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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of organs, tissues or cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1522-2

…of Book II of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of articles R. 1232-15 to R. 1232-22, R. 1233-11, R. 1233-12, R. 1235-1 and R. 1235-7 to R. 1235-12, and subject to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article L621-15

…3.III. - The penalties applicable are :a) For the persons mentioned in 1° to 8°, 10° bis, 11°, 12°, 15° to 19°, 21° and 22° of II of Article L. 621-9, a warning, a reprimand, a temporary or permanent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of property income

Article 14 B

…covered by this I that have been waived or relinquished by the lessor to the lessee company between 15 April 2020 and 31 December 2021 under the conditions and within the limits mentioned in 9° of 1 o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

…been the subject of an extradition request, then the procedure shall be as set out in articles 696-15 et seq.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-37

…uding those of the European regulations on restrictive measures adopted pursuant to Articles 75 or 215 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as those adopted pursuant to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° : Acts, archives, registers and documents destroyed as a result of war, disaster or any other event

Article 1122

…ay be claimed on documents produced in connection with the application of the aforementioned law of 15 December 1923, as amended by the law of 6 February 1941. The foregoing provisions do not apply to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Additional regional tax on tourist tax

Article L2531-17

It is instituted an additional tax of 15% to the tourist tax or flat-rate tourist tax collected in the Ile-de-France region by the municipalities mentioned in article L. 2333-26 as well as by the publ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Bonuses.

Article D514-21

…ng cleared, the institution will notify them of these bonuses, if they are equal to or greater than 15 euros, by prepaid letter sent in accordance with the rules of confidentiality. The cost of postag…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal provisions.

Article R3423-11

…der illegal conditions. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code. In the event of more than one offence resulting in a repeat offence, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-17

…ons are sent in time for the council to be convened under the conditions set out in Article R. 4422-15. In addition to the drafts submitted to the Assembly of Corsica for consideration, the presentati…

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