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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 ter

When a leasing company leases a business, a craft business or one of their non-depreciable intangible elements or shares in commercial companies that are not negotiable on a regulated market under the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation

Article L131-3

The Cour nationale du droit d'asile (National Court of Asylum) comprises panels, each comprising: 1° A president appointed : a) either by the vice-president of the Conseil d'Etat from among the member…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2-2

I.-In the event of separation between the parents, or between the parents and the child, the contribution to the child's maintenance and education takes the form of maintenance paid, as appropriate, b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 9-1

The limitation period for public prosecution of the crime provided for in Article 214-2 of the Penal Code, where it has led to the birth of a child, runs from the age of majority of the child.As an ex…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 349-1

Where the existence of one of the grounds of lack of criminal responsibility provided for by the articles 122-1 (first paragraph), 122-2, 122-3, 122-4 (first and second paragraphs), 122-5 (first and s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-17

The conditions for the application of this section are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular: 1° The buildings and products and materials concerned; 2° The procedures for carry…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-3-1

The Regional Health Agency shall conclude the specific contract provided for in Article L. 6147-12. As part of its duties under article L. 1431-2, it may, with the agreement of the Minister for Defenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-2

The provisions of the preliminary chapter of title I of book I of this part, with the exception of those of article L. 1110-7 , are applicable to the French Southern and Antarctic Territories subject…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-11

In the case referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 356-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall verify whether the insurance and reinsurance undertakings are subject by…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-19

The Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° and 2° of article 175, ar…

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