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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R612-8

…aced by the reference to the registration fees provided for inarticle 89 of decree no. 2008-1086 of 23 October 2008 relating to the registration of property rights in Mayotte.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-31

If the international application and the other documents referred to in article R. 614-23 are filed in a number of copies lower than that set by the said article, a fee is charged for the preparation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-3-1

Public water and sanitation utilities may allocate a grant to the housing solidarity fund to help finance aid relating to the payment of water supplies or related collective charges mentioned in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3512-1

Tobacco products are products that can be consumed and are composed, even partially, of tobacco, whether genetically modified or not. Tobacco products include cigarettes, rolling tobacco, pipe tobacco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-5

Continuing professional development is carried out in compliance with the rules of organisation and management specific to the different sectors of activity of health professionals, in particular by e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Overseas departments

Article 1043 B

In the Department of Mayotte, from 1 January 2018 until 31 December 2025, the following are exempt from registration duty or land registration tax when they are carried out for the benefit of irregula…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Economic and financial control of the "Health Data Platform".

Article R1462-1

The public interest grouping referred to in Article L. 1462-1 is subject to State economic and financial control under the conditions laid down by Articles 5 to 8 of Decree No. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-38

The application to register the company in the Trade and Companies Register is drawn up under the conditions set out in article 11 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the Trade and Compani…

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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 465

…to L. 152-1-2 and in 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 EU and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Processing of personal data known as the "interministerial information system for victims of attacks and disasters".

Article R2-15-5

…consultation is to guarantee the protection of the persons concerned pursuant to i of 1 of article 23 of the same regulation. The persons mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 2-15-1 may, however,…

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