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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19

…committees for the protection of individuals are subject to the provisions of decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955 relating to the economic and financial control of the State.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: Clearing houses

Article D440-2

…eaning of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-82

…onic surveillance ordered as an adjustment to a prison sentence pursuant to Articles 132-25 and 132-26 of the Penal Code or Articles 723-7 and 723-15 of this Code, subject to the provisions of this Ti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R519-23

…r, including the potential customer, in addition to that indicated in articles R. 519-25 and R. 519-26, complies with the provisions of articles L. 222-1 to L. 222-18 of the French Consumer Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Municipal authorities.

Article D2573-20

…2221-24, R. 2221-30 and R. 2221-96 are applicable in their wording prior to decree no. 2019-1472 of 26 December 2019 amending various provisions relating to municipal boards.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-4

…osen in the field of paediatrics;3° Directors of midwifery schools governed by Decree no. 90-949 of 26 October 1990 on the special status of directors of midwifery schools in the hospital civil servic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision

Article R4126-29

…ve been heard.The decision states that the hearing was public unless the provisions of article R. 4126-26 were applied. In the latter case, it is stated that the hearing took place or continued withou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-31

The first three paragraphs of Article L. 223-26 and Articles L. 223-27 to L. 223-30 do not apply to companies with only one member. In this case, the management report, the inventory and the annual ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

…under Article 288 of this Code or those who are prohibited from serving as jurors under article 131-26 of the Penal Code ; 8° Adults under court protection, adults under guardianship, adults under cur…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 157 bis

…erall income if this income does not exceed €16,410;- €1,310 if this income is between €16,410 and €26,400.In the case of married persons subject to joint taxation, the deduction provided for in the s…

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