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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Interest for late payment

Article 440 bis

…0% per month.Interest for late payment is not due when the increases provided for in 1 of article 224, 9 of article 266 quinquies C and 3 of article 284 quater apply.II.In the event that the taxpayer…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions applicable to persons serving a custodial sentence

Article R61-4

…hen the sentenced person is detained, the reminder of the obligations to which he or she is subject and which is provided for in the first paragraph of Article R. 61 is made, in the days preceding his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-3

…relating to authorisations for temporary occupation of the public domain mentioned in articles L. 1311-5 et seq. of the General Local Authorities Code and which constitute rights in rem give rise to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-4

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia , article L. 2213-1 is amended as follows:1° The second paragraph of I is worded as follows:"When termination of pregnancy is envisaged on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-4

When they concern one or more of the offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code as well as the offences mentioned in articles L. 224-1 et L. 225-7 of the Internal Security Code, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions specific to entry 3: "cardiac intensive care".

Article D6124-29-4

The medical permanence of the cardiology intensive care unit is ensured, outside day services, by at least : 1° The presence on site of a doctor with training or experience in critical care ; 2° An on…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4

The remuneration provided for in Article L. 311-3 is paid by the manufacturer, importer or person making intra-Community acquisitions, within the meaning of 3° of I of Article 256 bis of the General T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3824-4

…s on the territory of the host collectivity, the senior administrator shall send the transfer order and the medical and administrative documents mentioned in article L. 3824-1 to the High Commissioner…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-4

…The approved laboratory shall immediately inform the public establishment referred to in Article L. 3512-15 of any situation that may no longer enable it to comply with one or more conditions of appro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-4

Unless otherwise provided, the conditions of application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat.

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