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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-6

Within one month of receiving the complete application for classification, the body mentioned in article L. 141-2 will take the classification decision if the assessment body mentioned in article D. 3…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-3

…pose of the contract is the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance;2° Technical reasons. This is particularly the case when acquiring or leasing a minority and insepar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 D

Natural persons carrying on business in France or owning property there, without having their tax domicile there, as well as the persons mentioned in 2 of the article 4 B, may be invited by the tax de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Health record and compulsory examinations.

Article L2132-1

When a birth is registered, a health record is issued free of charge for each child. This booklet is issued by the civil registrar; failing this, it can be requested from the departmental maternal and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-6

When a psychiatrist in the institution receiving a person undergoing psychiatric care pursuant to article L. 3212-1 certifies in a medical certificate or, when it is not possible to examine the person…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Artist authors.

Article L6331-65

…on the income defined in article L. 382-3 of the same code. The rate of this contribution is 0.35%; 2° An annual contribution from the natural or legal persons mentioned in article L. 382-4 of the sam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-6

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 4124-2 reads as follows: "Art. L. 4124-2. - Doctors entrusted with a public service and registered on the register of New Caledoni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Information provided by the promoter

Article R1123-70

…he pharmacy with the following information beforehand: 1° The title and objective of the research ; 2° Where applicable, the information mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of article R. 5121-15 for research i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Liquidation.

Article R310-3

The mayor shall issue a receipt for the declaration of the liquidation sale within a maximum of fifteen days of receipt of the complete file for the said declaration; if the file is incomplete, the ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Performance of obligations under the agreement

Article R15-33-60-10

Where the obligation or obligations of the agreement are not fully performed, the interruption of performance of the agreement referred to in the seventeenth paragraph of Article 41-1-2 is recorded by…

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