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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-7

…tate representative may authorise the agglomeration community to withdraw from the syndicate on 1st January of the year following the date of transfer of responsibility, under the conditions set out i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Automated processing of personal data known as "digital criminal records

Article R249-11

…cessing may record personal data of the kind referred to in article 6 of amended law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, insofar as such data is strictl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: General conditions

Article L1618-2

…y the interest rate paid to the holder of a first passbook savings account in a Caisse d'Epargne at 31 December of the previous year, plus 1.5 points.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…ticle 138-3 of this code as well as the similar obligations and prohibitions set out in article L. 331-2 of the juvenile criminal justice code and the obligation set out in the penultimate paragraph o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI ter: Taxation of certain public limited companies, simplified joint stock companies and limited liability companies. Opting for the partnership system

Article 239 bis AB

…1 of I of Article 208 D, of the first paragraph of I of the first paragraph of I of Article L. 214-31 of the Monetary and Financial Code and the third paragraph of 1° of article 1-1 of law no. 85-695…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-4

…the commitments constituted in respect of the operations governed by this chapter represent, as at 31 December 2017, more than 80% of all the technical provisions within the meaning of Title IV of Bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-19

…ion mentioned in article L. 214-30, fonds d'investissement de proximité mentioned in article L. 214-31 and fonds professionnels de capital investissement mentioned in article L. 214-160 ; g) (Repealed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Economic weighting studies

Article R713-66

…fect of the head office of the chamber concerned, to CCI France and to the supervisory minister, by 31 March of the year of the general renewal at the latest. The weighting economic study of the regio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…educational support;7° Administering gastric tube feeding, subject to the provisions of article R. 4311-7 and changing the gastric feeding tube;8° Care and supervision of the person receiving enteral…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-7

…cations, injections and infusions other than those mentioned in the second paragraph of Article R. 4311-9, instillations and sprays ;2° Scarifications and injections intended for vaccinations that he…

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