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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Provisions relating to the adoption and implementation of a measure to reduce and convert own funds instruments

Article L613-48-3

I. - The reduction in the nominal value or conversion of the own funds instruments referred to in I of Article L. 613-48 or, where applicable, of eligible commitments referred to in VII of the same ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-6

The procedures for applying this Title, and in particular: 1° The procedures for filing and updating the declarations provided for in Article L. 5211-3-1 ; 2° The procedures for issuing medical device…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-244

The following information relating to a natural person's main establishment on national territory and the activities carried out therein shall be entered in the National Register of Companies, upon de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-25

The following health care activities are subject to the authorisation provided for in Article L. 6122-1, including when they are carried out in the form of alternatives to hospitalisation:1° Medicine…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-11

The suspension provided for in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 shall take effect on the date of the decision of the Sanction Commission or of the agreement provided for in article L. 232-21, except where…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Group governance system.

Article L356-18

…t their activities at group level under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 322-2 and L. 322-3-2 for undertakings governed by the Insurance Code, Articles L. 114-21 and L. 211-13 of the Mutual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-9

The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter are determined by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L914-2

Article L. 441-11 II is amended as follows: 1° 1° is worded as follows: "1° For purchases of perishable agricultural and food products and frozen or deep-frozen meat, deep-frozen fish, ready-made meal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-18

The category A and B environmental inspectors referred to in article 28-3 are referred to as judicial environmental officers.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies

I.-Companies subject to corporation tax or income tax according to a real taxation system may deduct from their taxable income a sum equal to 40% of the original value of assets excluding financial ex…

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