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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-7

…rvations recognised as justified under the conditions laid down in the articles R. 623-17 to R. 623-26 or that the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue residence permits

Article R432-2

…articles R. 421-23, R. 421-43, R. 421-47, R. 421-54, R. 421-54, R. 421-60, R. 422-5, R. 422-12, R. 426-14 and R. 426-17.By way of derogation from the first paragraph, this period is sixty days when th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-4

…ion concerning the device, in accordance with the procedures provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 26 of the same Regulation, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-25

I.-With the exception of the cases provided for in article R. 2213-26, the body is placed in a coffin fitted with a watertight bowl complying with the following characteristics: 1° strength; 2° Watert…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-10-1

…3° Indicate recourse to pre-implantation diagnosis, as mentioned in articles R. 2131-23 and R. 2131-26-1; 4° Organising theoretical and practical training for practitioners involved in prenatal diagno…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Distribution and transmission of electricity (R).

Article R3333-6

The fees payable to the départements for the occupation of the public domain by all the works established by a private individual by virtue of permissions de voirie or by all the works constituting a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and terms of the contract

Article D6114-7

…52-1 of the Social Security Code as well as the fund mentioned in article 3 of order no. 77-1102 of 26 September 1977 extending and adapting various provisions relating to social affairs to the depart…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…d Maritime Fishing Code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.By way of derogation from II of the same Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Funds of hedge funds.

Article R214-186

…t mutual funds referred to in Article L. 214-42 as it read prior to the date of publication ofOrder 2011-915 of 1 August 2011 relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Taxes levied for the benefit of the Ile-de-France region

Article 1599 quater C

…on lease, emphyteutic lessee or holder of an authorisation for temporary occupation of the public domain constituting a right in rem who, on 1st January of the tax year, has a taxable surface area.III…

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