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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6223-62

…s d'exercice libéral de biologistes médicaux incorporated pursuant to Title I of Law no. 90-1258 of 31st December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 157

…26-8 of the Insurance Code, in IV of article L. 221-19 du code de la mutualité or IV of article L. 931-15-1 of the Social Security Code, or made in bonds redeemable in shares when these bonds are not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-1

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…of the provisions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 A bis

…set out in c and e to g of 1a of I of Article 885-0 V bis of this Code, in the version in force on 31 December 2017 ;the donee carries out his or her main professional activity or one of the function…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Executive Council and the Chairman of the Executive Council

Article L4422-18

…oral code. When a motion of no confidence is passed under the conditions set out in article L. 4422-31, when the president and the members of the executive council resign collectively, when an executi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employer representation at professional branch level

Article R2152-8

…s organisation: 1° Has made public its membership of the candidate organisation by any means before 31 December of the year preceding the year of the declaration of candidacy provided for in article L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 terdecies

…distribution is taken from:1° Net capital gains realised during financial years ending on or after 31 December 2001 from the disposal of securities held for at least two years;2° Sums received by the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 297 A

…hemselves under this scheme make an annual adjustment by adding the difference between the stock at 31 December and the stock at 1 January of the same year to the purchases for the first subsequent pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-160

…crecy being enforceable against it, subject to the provisions of article 66-5 of law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions.

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