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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article R122-1

…anque de France, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer and the French Treasury until 17 February 2012 inclusive.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Departmental Advisory Committee (R)

Article R1425-3

…atically expire when all of the agreements mentioned in articles L. 1424-13, L. 1424-14 and L. 1424-17 is signed, or, failing that, six months before the five-year deadline set in these articles.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies G

…medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for accessing the shared medical record and the rights of the holder

Article R1111-46

…d medical record by the professionals mentioned in article L. 1111-15 and in III of article L. 1111-17 as well as by health, social or medico-social establishments or services is subject to the prior…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16

The delegated federations lay down : 1° The technical rules specific to their discipline as well as the rules intended to control their application and sanction their non-respect by the participants i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 tricies

…venue is multiplied by the ratio between, on the one hand, the amount of bets placed on the game in mainland France and the overseas departments and, on the other hand, the total amount of bets placed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 11: Instruments reserved for small-value payments

Article L133-28

…aware of this when he places his payment order; 4° II and III of Article L. 133-15, Article L. 133-17, III of Article L. 133-19 and Article L. 133-20 may not apply to instruments mentioned in I for w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-24-1

…V. - When a councillor deputises for the mayor under the conditions provided for in article L. 2122-17, he/she may receive, for the duration of the deputy's term of office and after deliberation by th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-7

…the exception of data collected in the shared medical file in application of IV of article L. 1111-17 of the Public Health Code, may be notified to the physician whom the employer appoints for this p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of electoral rolls

Article R4031-29

…judicial court must be made in the manner set out in the first and second paragraphs of article R. 17 of the Electoral Code. The court will give its final ruling within ten days of the matter being r…

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