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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 847

…donner lieu à la perception d'une imposition proportionnelle ou progressive d'un montant plus élevé;2° (Abrogé).

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: RECOGNITION OF OBLIGATIONS RELATING TO RESIDENCE IN FRANCE

Article R822-5

At the end of the fifteen-day period set out in article R. 822-4, the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration decides, in the light of any observations made by the employ…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion to attachment for payment

Article R523-7

…onversion deed which contains, under penalty of nullity : 1° A reference to the writ of attachment; 2° A reference to the writ of execution; 3° A separate statement of the sums due under the writ of e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-9

…up and approves its rules of procedure.It issues an opinion on :1° The territorial health project ;2° The annual report on respect for the rights of users of the healthcare system mentioned in articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-2-1

For the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-1 which are authorised to carry out the operations referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1, the calculation of the best estimate referred to in II of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15-2

Where an institution mentioned in Article L. 370-1 of the Insurance Code and offering the operations mentioned in Articles L. 3334-1 to L. 3334-9 and L. 3334-11 to L. 3334-16 of the Labour Code has br…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions common to clinical and biological activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-21-3

…rry out one or more biological activities for medically assisted procreation on national territory; 2° choosing the system or systems for allocating unique donation numbers used on national territory;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-34-2

…ons set out in articles R. 2324-19 and R. 2324-21, and subject to compliance with the provisions of 2° of article R. 2324-30, up to three establishments and services, each with a capacity of twenty-fo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R362-3

…the departmental council are replaced by references to the territorial council of Saint-Barthélemy;2° References to the prefect are replaced by references to the representative of the State in the co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products containing radionuclides.

Article R5121-143

…name or code of the medicinal product, including the name or chemical symbol of the radionuclide ; 2° Identification of the batch and the expiry date; 3° The name and address of the manufacturer; 4°…

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