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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

I. - 1. - Contributions or premiums paid by each member of the tax household are deductible from overall net income, subject to the conditions and limits mentioned in 2:a) to the popular retirement sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article L3214-1

I.- Prisoners suffering from mental disorders receive psychiatric care with their consent. When detainees in unrestricted psychiatric care require full-time hospitalisation, this is carried out in a h…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D71-114-12

The administrative account, on which the local authority is called to deliberate in accordance with article L. 71-111-9, presents by separate column and in the order of the chapters and articles of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-12

The administrative account, on which the local authority is called to deliberate in accordance with article L. 72-101-9, presents by separate column and in the order of the chapters and articles of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-10-1

Legal entities found to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 163-2 to L. 163-4, L. 163-7 and L. 163-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-16-1

Subject to inadmissibility raised ex officio by the Institute, the examination phase referred to in Article L. 712-5 begins on expiry of the additional period referred to in the last paragraph of Arti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-12-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-1

Tattooing products are defined as any colouring substance or preparation intended to create a mark on the superficial parts of the human body by breaking the skin, with the exception of products which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-10

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the procedures for applying this chapter, in particular: 1° The procedures for presenting and the content of the declaration provided for in article L. 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-1-1

In addition to the staff mentioned in article L. 6152-1, the staff of public health establishments include students authorised to practise medicine, pharmacy and dentistry on a locum basis. The statut…

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