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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-1

The purpose of the permanent care service provided for in Article L. 6314-1 is to meet the need for unscheduled care: 1° Every day from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. ; 2° Sundays and public holidays from 8am to 8p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compulsory licences and expropriation for national defence purposes

Article R613-42

Where an appeal is lodged against a decision or order made pursuant to Article L. 612-10 (first and second paragraphs) or against an order or decree made pursuant to

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1788 C

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator

Article A663-12-1

…ns pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 626-10 (number 10-1 of table 4-1), which may not exceed 20,000 euros, is set in proportion to the cumulative amount of these contributions authorised by the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the plan execution commissioner

Article A663-15-1

…ded for in the third paragraph of Article L. 626-26 (number 3-1 of table 4-2), which may not exceed 20,000 euros, is set in proportion to the cumulative amount of these contributions mentioned in the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Business value added tax

Article 1679 septies

Companies whose business value added contribution for the year preceding the year of taxation exceeds €1,500 must pay:- no later than 15 June of the year of taxation, a first instalment equal to 50% o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-2

…rovided for in articles L. 611-12, L. 612-1 to L. 612-10, L. 612-12 to L. 612-15, L. 612-17, L. 612-20, L. 613-1, L. 613-23 to L. 613-23-6 and L. 613-25.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1872-1

…12, the articles L. 1612-13 to L. 1612-15, L. 1612-16 to L. 1612-19-1 and the I of Article L. 1612-20 shall apply to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special payment rules

Article L224-25

…ments mentioned in 1° of article L. 224-2. The provisions of the second paragraph of article L. 224-20 are applicable to these payments; 2° The payments mentioned in 2° of article L. 224-2, with the e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HF

…or programme containing only incidental elements of original creation.However, within the limit of 20% of the annual funding referred to in Article 238 bis HE, the approval provided for in the same A…

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