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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7

…Board;12° Concludes the public service delegations mentioned in article 38 of law no. 93-122 of 29 January 1993 on the prevention of corruption and the transparency of economic life and public proced…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe II

…fied as optional, answers are obligatory to enable your request to be processed. Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties grants you the right to access…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-10 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLES A. 762-2 TO A. 762-4 AND A. 762-9)

Article Annexe III

…fied as optional, answers are obligatory to enable your request to be processed. Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties grants you the right to access…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 bis

…within the scope of 1° of II of article 1500 and at 1.018 for all other built properties ; zh) For 2014, 1.009 for non-built properties, 1.009 for industrial properties covered by 1° of II of article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L444-2

…tion; 4° In article L. 411-1, 6° is deleted; 5° In article L. 411-4, the references to articles L. 421-9 to L. 421-11, L. 421-15 and L. 421-16, L. 421-26 to L. 421-29 are deleted; 6° In article L. 411…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of access to premises and places of business and home visits.

Article 64

…is appeal must be lodged exclusively by declaration delivered or sent by registered post or, from 1 January 2009, by electronic means, to the court registry within a period of fifteen days. This perio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

The following are deemed to be misleading, within the meaning of articles L. 121-2 and L. 121-3, commercial practices aimed at : 1° For a professional to claim to be a signatory to a code of conduct w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-1

…ided for in articles 311-3 and 311-4, 313-5, 314-5 and 314-6;- concealment provided for in article 321-1 ;- destruction, damage and deterioration not presenting a danger to persons and unlawful instal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R385-2

…in is equal, within the limit of the theoretical mathematical provision mentioned in Article R. 441-21 of this Code, Article R. 222-16 of the Mutual Code and Article R. 932-4-15 of the Social Security…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

…ors consisting solely of : a) Owners of an unstructured debt security mentioned in II of Article L. 211-1 or creditors under an unstructured loan meeting the conditions that must be met by eligible co…

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