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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-48

For the application of the provisions of II of article 9 bis of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, the proportion of women and men represented within eac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…ces or go only to places determined by the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge; 3° bis Not to take part in demonstrations on the public highway in places determined by the investigati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L613-42

…he collège de supervision. IIa.The deadline set in II for the person concerned is reduced to two weeks where the significant obstacles mentioned in I are due to the fact that: 1° The person concerned…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-1

…laundering and terrorist financing, to impose its obligations on the persons mentioned in 1° to 7° bis of Article L. 561-2 and on the group parent undertakings mentioned in Article L. 561-33 for the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1466 A

…l cooperation with their own tax status may exempt from the business property tax by deliberation taken under the conditions of Article 1639 A bis the creation or extension of establishments carried o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-46

…ary name, first names) of the natural person issuing and receiving the electronic communication, nickname, alias, date and place of birth, sex, parentage, family status, nationality; b) The names, bus…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 120

…au sens du présent article :1° Dividends, interest, arrears and all other income from shares of any kind and founders' shares in financial, industrial, commercial, civil and generally any other compan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 nonies

…une or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, the départements may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis or article 1464 C exempt their adde…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1529

…es it groups together.The public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation may decide to pay back part of the amount of the tax to the member communes.II. - The tax applies to sales made by indivi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1600

…interest companies;11° Artisanal fishermen and artisanal fishing companies referred to in 1° and 1° bis of Article 1455 ;12° Those liable for the business property tax who benefit from the minimum con…

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