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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-27

If the judge considers the application to be well-founded, the order shall mention the conditions of detention that he considers to be contrary to human dignity, and shall set a time limit of between…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 nonies

I. - Real estate investment funds are undertakings for collective real estate investment and professional undertakings for collective real estate investment, referred to in paragraph 3 of sub-section…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-240-2

(1) A specialised financing vehicle may issue negotiable debt securities and bonds or debt securities issued under foreign law. (2) The vehicle's regulations or articles of association shall specify t…

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

Article L4122-2-2

The National Council lays down the general operating rules applicable to all ordinal bodies in its internal regulations. It draws up and publishes an annual activity report, which includes data on dis…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 414-2

Any act of smuggling or undeclared import or export shall be punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of between one and two times the value of the object of fraud, when committed intentional…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D142-2

In the event of an appeal against an order ruling on an application for leave to go out, the president of the enforcement chamber who confirms the granting or reverses the rejection thereof may, if th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-2

The rates charged for French retirement savings plans and sub-accounts of the pan-European individual retirement savings product are based on mortality and technical interest rate parameters defined i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article D142-2

For the purposes of Article L. 142-7, when commitments covered by Article L. 144-2 are transferred, the auxiliary allocation accounts referred to in VII of Article L. 144-2 continue to be set up withi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to the taxes, income and profits referred to in Chapters I to III

Article 235 quinquies

I.-The beneficiary of the income and sums subject to the withholding tax provided for in article 119 bis (2) and articles 182 A bis and 182 B may request that the tax thus paid be refunded to him, in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Automatic financial aid

Article 212-2

Automatic financial aid is awarded in the form of direct grants to support the conception and development of long-term film projects.

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