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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their groupings affected by climatic or geological events

Article R1613-3

For the purposes of article L. 1613-6, any localised event occurring in mainland France that causes damage to the property listed in Article R. 1613-4 and belonging to the local authorities or groupin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-34

The embryo register that must be kept by any health establishment, body, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to store embryos must mention :1° The identity of the couple or unmarried wom…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1228

When applying article 442 or paragraph 5 of article 494-6 of the Civil Code, the judge shall rule after hearing or calling the protected person under the conditions provided for in articles 1220 to 12…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Composition and operation of the consultative commission on the assessment of costs

Article R1212-5

The commission is consulted on: 1° The procedures for assessing the increases and decreases in charges resulting from transfers of powers between the State and local and regional authorities; 2° The d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 ter

When a leasing company leases a business, a craft business or one of their non-depreciable intangible elements or shares in commercial companies that are not negotiable on a regulated market under the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 349-1

Where the existence of one of the grounds of lack of criminal responsibility provided for by the articles 122-1 (first paragraph), 122-2, 122-3, 122-4 (first and second paragraphs), 122-5 (first and s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-35

The authorisations provided for in Article 230-16 are issued under the following conditions: 1° For national police officers carrying out judicial police duties, either by the heads of the national po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of biological samples

Article R1245-30

The biological samples referred to in the third paragraph of II of Article L. 1245-5-1 may be obtained in a Member State of the European Union or supplied to a Member State of the European Union or im…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single subsection: Organisation and operation

Article R121-34

The Board of Directors of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons meets at least twice a year and whenever necessary, when convened by its Chairman or at the request of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-41

The amount of French hourly expenditure is calculated by dividing a duration of 60 minutes by the amount of the following expenditure incurred in France: 1° Remuneration and social security contributi…

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