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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R743-13

…erences to a Member State of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are deleted;3° References to the head office, registered office or registered office of investment firms and cre…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 B decies

…peration, weighted by the relative size of the bases of these two taxes for the year referred to in 3° ; however, for the application of 3 of I of article 1636 B sexies, for the calculation of the wei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-3

…dicament et des produits de santé (National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products);3° The National Agency for the Improvement of Working Conditions;4° The Bureau de recherches géologi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-110

Sociétés civiles professionnelles d'administrateurs judiciaires and sociétés civiles professionnelles de mandataires judiciaires are governed by the provisions of Decree no. 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Citizen Commitment Account

Article L5151-9

…4211-1 of the Defence Code; 2° bis The voluntary national police operational reserve mentioned in 3° and 4° of article L. 411-7 of the Internal Security Code; 3° The civic reserve referred to in Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Community of communes

Article L5214-23-2

The loss of revenue that the communauté de communes suffers as a result of the temporary exemptions enjoyed by new constructions as well as the premises referred to in articles 1384 C and 1384 D of th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Implementation of a removal decision taken by another Member State of the European Union or a State with which the Schengen acquis applies, pursuant to 2° of article L. 615-1

Article R615-5

Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 615-3, where it appears that a foreign national holding a residence permit issued by a State mentioned in article R. 615-2 is the subject of a removal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 258 A

I. - By way of derogation from the provisions of I of Article 258: 1° The place of supply of goods dispatched or transported from France to another Member State in the context of intra-Community dista…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-13

…quired by the circumstances, in the event of serious or imminent danger threatening these buildings;3° Neighbourhood noise;4° Funeral and burial police pursuant to articles L. 2213-7 to L. 2213-10 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-1

…ns and coordinates their work for the purpose of assessing health risks in its field of competence; 3° Contributes to information, training and the dissemination of scientific and technical documentat…

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