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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-4

…e R. 1333-147;9° Not complying with the provisions of articles R. 1333-148, R. 1333-150 and R. 1333-151; 10° Not complying with the prohibitions mentioned in I of article R. 1333-153; 11° Not issuing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of an application for authorisation

Article R151-9

…peration, in the economic and regulatory conditions under which the activities listed in article R. 151-3 by the entity that is the subject of the investment; 2° In the event of a change in the shareh…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of acquisitive prescription.

Article 2261

In order to prescribe, there must be continuous and uninterrupted, peaceful, public, unequivocal possession, and as owner.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-6

A couple or an unmarried woman meeting the conditions set out in article L. 2141-2 may foster an embryo.The two members of the couple or the unmarried woman must give their prior consent, before a not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: LOCAL FINANCE COMMITTEE

Article L1211-2

…ast one for communities of communes that have opted for the tax system provided for in Article 1609 nonies C of the General Tax Code, at least one for communities of communes that have not opted for t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 B

…cles 150 U, 150 UB and 150 UC, at 6 ter of article 39 duodecies and in f of 1° of II of article 239 nonies, where they relate to: 1° To real estate located in France or to rights relating to such real…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-29

The opening judgment does not render due and payable claims that have not fallen due on the date of its pronouncement. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 41

…d. In the event of a contribution to a company under the conditions set out in I and II of article 151 octies, the deferral of taxation is maintained if the beneficiary or beneficiaries having made t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0VII bis: Special equipment taxes levied for the benefit of public establishments. Exemption for certain agricultural land

Article 1607 A

I. - Non-built properties classified in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and not exe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article R41-11

In application of Article 523, the police court may not be constituted by a magistrate exercising a temporary function or an honorary magistrate exercising jurisdictional functions for the trial of th…

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