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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-2

…particular by articles L. 4111-7 and L. 4141-3-1, as well as by article 8 of law no. 71-1026 of 24 December 1971 amending the public health code; 2° Any person who, in possession of a valid title, ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 964

…respect of each year during which the taxpayer retains his or her tax domicile in France, until 31 December of the fifth year following that during which the tax domicile was established in France; 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Construction. Housing

Article 1051

…article L. 365-2 du code de la construction et de l'habitation; 1° bis Acquisitions, made before 31 December 2013, by low-income housing bodies, sociétés anonymes de crédit immobilier or their unions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

…ference is deducted from the compensation mentioned in III of Article 37 of Law no. 2013-1278 of 29 December 2013 on the finances for 2014 or, failing that, from the twelfths provided for in article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

…ation under the conditions provided for in 1° and 2° of II of article 46 of law no. 2005-1719 of 30 December 2005 on finance for 2006.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal of sentence reductions in the event of non-compliance with obligations

Article D147-43

…ided for by article 712-6, including in the case of a person sentenced for acts committed before 14 December 2005 and for whom the first judicial supervision was ordered by the sentence enforcement co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R784-8

…11-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-44 and R. 612-45n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-46n° 2020-1616 of 17 December 2020R. 612-47No. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-48n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-49n°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Training for those involved in collective bargaining

Article R2212-2

…III. - The Institute's annual activity report referred to inArticle 8 of Decree No. 2005-1555 of 13 December 2005 , as amended, relating to the Institut national du travail, de l'emploi et de la forma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation of the company.

Article R814-80

…ch to resume the practice of a profession mentioned in article 31-3 of the aforementioned law of 31 December 1990 and corresponding to the corporate purpose of the company or, failing this, to transfe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional card

Article R4222-9

…created in the internal market information system referred to in II of Article 1 of Order No 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016 on the recognition of professional qualifications of regulated professions,…

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