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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-17

…al Code, the offences of illegally practising medicine or pharmacy provided for by the articles L. 4161-5 and L. 4223-1 of the Public Health Code, and the offences of misleading advertising, fraud or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-17

I. - For the application of Article D. 5217-16 :a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the member municipalities of the me…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-16

The guarantee fund reserves are accepted as components of the solvency margin of member undertakings and supplementary occupational pension funds under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 334-3…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Discipline.

Article L811-16

No one may use the title of court-appointed administrator, outside the mission entrusted to him, by virtue of the second paragraph of article L. 811-2 or the second paragraph of Article L. 811-8 if he…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…nt of this allocation is reduced by applying the rate provided for 2017 in V of Article 33 of Law 2016-1917 of 29 December 2016 of the 2017 Finance Act. For 2018, the amount of this allocation, to whi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…by decree, the information required for the application of Article 8(3a) of Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Direc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-16

Subject to the share valuation procedure provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 125-17, any member of a collective shop may refer any decision taken pursuant to articles L. 125-12, L. 125-…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIc : Mobile electronic anti-seizure devices for the protection of victims of violence

Article 1136-16

Where the wearing of a mobile anti-collision device provided for in article 515-11-1 of the Civil Code is requested by either of the parties, any information relating to the family situation shall be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the plan execution commissioner

Article A663-16

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-16 in respect of the task of collecting and distributing dividends laid down by the plan (number 4 of table 4-2) is set in proportion to the cumulative amount of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-1

…rsuant to the second paragraph of Article 2012 of the Civil Code or the second paragraph of Article 2019 of the same code, together give rise to the collection of the following fees: BENEFITS COVERED…

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