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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Transfers by death

Article 641 bis

…eed, provided that the notarised certificates mentioned in 3° of article 28 of decree n° 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land registration, relating to such property, are published within the same t…

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

Article L5211-52

…es that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may take place from 1 January of the calendar year preceding the year of the general renewal of the municipal councils or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Financial guarantee.

Article R512-15

…ommitment, which takes effect on 1st March for a period of twelve months, is tacitly renewed on 1st January of each year. The amount of the guarantee is revised when the commitment is renewed. III - T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-44

…age and processing of personal data of the nature mentioned in I of Article 6 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms are authorised solely for the purposes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R4623-2

…pplication ofarticle 28 of law no. 98-535 of 1st July 1998 orarticle 189 of law no. 2002-73 of 17th January 2002 on social modernisation; 3° Hold a qualification in occupational health and risk preven…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals aged between sixteen and eighteen who declare that they wish to work

Article L421-35

…vée et familiale" ("private and family life") if they meet the conditions laid down in articles L. 423-1, L. 423-7, L. 423-13, L. 423-14, L. 423-15, L. 423-21, L. 423-22, L. 423-23, L. 425-9 or L. 426…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Retirement savings plans giving rise to membership of a group insurance contract

Article L142-5

…n these accounts on the basis of Articles L. 310-25 and L. 326-1 to L. 327-6 of this Code, Articles 2331 and 2377 of the Civil Code, Book VI of the Commercial Code, Articles L. 222-1 and L. 212-23 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Regional Health Agency for French Guiana

Article D1444-2

…sentatives of maisons de santé appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency"; 7° 23° of the same article is deleted and 24° to 31° become 23° to 30°; 8° In the third paragraph of Ar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 464

…within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-24

The easement instituted by virtue of articles L. 342-20 to L. 342-23 gives rise to a right to compensation if the owner of the land or the operator suffers direct, material and certain damage as a res…

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