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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-47

…re located in a health establishment : 1° The obligations laid down in articles D. 6322-40, D. 6322-41 except for the second paragraph, D. 6322-42 and D. 6322-46 may be met by the measures taken by th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-13

…ofessional activity of persons benefiting from the schemes defined in articles 50-0, 64 bis and 102 ter of the General Tax Code are subject to simplified accounting obligations.The sole trader with li…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax liability

Article 1671 A

…182 B shall be made by the debtor of the sums paid and the deduction provided for in article 182 A ter is made by the person mentioned in IV of the said article. The deductions are remitted to the ta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 287

…er liable for value added tax identified in accordance with the combined provisions of articles 286 ter and 286 ter A is required to submit to the tax department to which he belongs and within the tim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2423-2

…the following adaptation:In Article L. 2222-2 applicable in its wording resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, 3° is replaced by the following provisions:3° In a place other than the Walli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-4

…hable by Articles R. 452-3 and R. 452-3-1 shall incur, in addition to a fine in accordance with the terms of article 131-41 of the Penal Code, the penalty of confiscation of the thing that was used or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Reduction of the fine for voluntary payment

Article R55-2

…riminal order, the one-month period provided for in Article 707-2 runs from the sending of the registered letter provided for in Articles 495-3 and 527 or notification by the public prosecutor or his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-3

In order to implement the provisions of article R. 2324-41, the manager of a collective crèche or a day nursery must ensure the presence of educators of young children on the establishment's team in a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APPEALS TO THE NATIONAL COURT ON ASYLUM RIGHTS

Article L532-1

…les L. 511-1 to L. 511-8, L. 512-1 to L. 512-3, L. 513-1 to L. 513-5, L. 531-1 to L. 531-35, L. 531-41 and L. 531-42.On pain of inadmissibility, these appeals must be lodged within one month of notifi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-144

…ure of property or the examining magistrate in the event of a judicial investigation being opened after the seizure is made shall have jurisdiction to rule on all requests relating to the execution of…

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