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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

…ors in public health establishments;29° Four members of the regional unions of health professionals;30° One representative of the Medical Association;31° A representative of medical interns;32° A repr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-38

…an referred to in article L. 1434-2 ; -the areas of the regional plan mentioned in articles R. 1434-30, R. 1434-31 under the conditions set out in article R. 1434-32; 2° It is consulted by the Regiona…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-18

…ice plan provided for in article R. 2324-29 and the operating rules provided for in article R. 2324-30, or drafts of these documents if they have not yet been adopted. III -The application is deemed t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis

…% for general publications and 65% for daily newspapers of the profit for the 1980 financial year,- 30% for general publications and 60% for daily newspapers of the profit for the 1981 to 1996 financi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS FOR INTERCOMMUNAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-1

…ommunes in the perimeter belong and the national density ; b) Whose population density is less than 30% of the national density; c) Comprising at least half of the communes located in a mountain area…

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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

…tial part of its own funds instruments. The failure of a central body referred to in Article L. 511-30 or of one of its affiliates is deemed to be established or foreseeable if, after implementation o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

I.-A.-The provisions of C apply if a credit institution or finance company is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliame…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

Any software publisher, any technical system manufacturer and any service operator may, in the event of refusal of access to information essential to interoperability, ask the Audiovisual and Digital…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-1

I. - Only the following may act as UCITS depositories: 1° The Banque de France ; 2° The Caisse des dépôts et consignations ; 3° Credit institutions having their registered office in France; 4° Credit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter D

…is reimbursed at the end of this period, up to a maximum of 50% of the tax credit and an amount of €300,000.However, at the request of the taxpayer, the unused balance may be reimbursed from the fifth…

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