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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-43

Public or private health establishments that transport a body before committal and transfer a body to a funeral home must hold the authorisation provided for in Article L. 2223-23 on the sole basis of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-6

To be admissible, referrals sent to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique by duly constituted professional defence bodies, collective management bodies and the Cent…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Challenging the measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

Where the provisions of Article L. 714-1, the registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt by which, pursuant to Article R. 713-11, the judgment is notified to the lessor, informs the latter that…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Basis of assessment and settlement

Article 669

I. - For the purposes of calculating registration duties and land registration tax, the value of the bare ownership and usufruct is determined by a proportion of the value of the entire property, in a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 A

Public administrations, establishments or bodies subject to control by the administrative authority, establishments benefiting from the provisions of articles L. 511-22 et L. 511-23 of the Monetary an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest in the event of deferred removal

Article R*732-3

Notwithstanding article R. 732-2, the Minister of the Interior is competent to place a foreign national under house arrest, pursuant to 6° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-4, in the following cas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-22

In cases other than those provided for in articles R. 131-20, R. 131-21 and R. 131-21-1, the incident is regularised when, at the request of the drawer, a blocked provision earmarked for the actual pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-19

Healthcare establishments store labile blood products intended for direct therapeutic use in units known as blood depots. A blood depot is a unit that stores and dispenses, under the authority of a do…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R2123-22-3

Municipally-elected councillors with disabilities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 2123-18-1 and covered by the provisions of articles L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2 of the Labour Code (1) or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-3

The remuneration of the hospital practitioner, provided by the Centre national de gestion, includes the emoluments mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-23 and the exclusive public service commitment all…

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