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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Council tax

Article 1414

…ically exempted from council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not used as a main residence:1° Managers of young workers' hostels, migrant workers' hostels and hostel accommodat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Informing and involving residents

Article L5842-12

…5211-50 Order no. 2015-1341 of 23 October 2015 L. 5211-51 and L. 5211-52 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-53 law no. 2013-403 of 17 May 2013 L. 5211-54 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999II. - (Dele…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Consolidated publication systems

Article D549-5

I. - In application of I of Article L. 549-15, the consolidated publication system referred to in the same article makes public the information mentioned in Article D. 549-4. It also makes public the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations relating to the fight against prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R563-1

The first decision to prohibit the transfer of funds against an online gaming or betting operator that holds neither an exclusive right nor the authorisation referred to in Article 21 of Law 2010-476…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-70-1

…ey shall exercise the prerogatives laid down in articles 5-5 to 5-10 of decree no. 82-453 of 28 May 1982 on occupational health and safety and medical prevention in the civil service and inarticle 67…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

…May 2021. Section 4 of Chapter I of Title I of Book II of this Part, as amended by Decree no. 2022-419 of 23 March 2022, shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-21

…ained in their record provided for in I, II and IV of article L. 1111-17 as well as article L. 1111-19, the conditions under which certain information may be rendered inaccessible by the holder of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-18

…r his surrender, the benefit of the specialty rule under the conditions provided for in Article 695-19 ; 3° Where the judicial authority of the executing Member State, which surrendered the person, ex…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-10

…tants and under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article 22 of order no. 45-2138 of 19 September 1945 establishing the Ordre des Experts Comptables and regulating the title and profess…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-26

…in accordance with the provisions of article R. 221-4.The agreements referred to in Article L. 223-19 shall be entered in the register under the same conditions.The register referred to in the first…

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