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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-28

By way of derogation from Articles R. 561-23 and R. 561-24, the persons mentioned in 1° to 6° and 7°a of Article L. 561-2 who belong to the same group within the meaning of Article L. 561-33 may agree…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

I. - For the application of this chapter, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request that the documents, information or data, regardless of the medium used, kept pursuant to Article L…

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

Article 230-19

The following are entered in the wanted persons file in respect of judicial decisions: 1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcemen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Other duties, taxes and fees levied on behalf of local authorities and other bodies

Article 1647

…the amount:a. (Repealed);b. Duties, taxes, fees and other charges referred to in II of Article 1635 ter.The rate of this levy is set at 4% of the amount of recoveries.II. - (Not applicable).III. - For…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-44

…and L. 225-53 of this code. They may also be allocated the warrants mentioned in II of article 163 bis G du code général des impôts. Any statutory clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten and any d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-1

…applicable, the mother's spouse or partner or the person bound to her by a civil solidarity pact;3° bis For the arrival of a child placed for adoption. This leave may be taken within a period set by d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-3

…laid down by decree" do not apply ;2° In article L. 1221-4, the last paragraph is not applicable.2° bis In Article L. 1221-10, the first paragraph, the third paragraph and the last paragraph do not ap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-16

…ney, shall be sent to the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by any means that makes it possible to establish the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 quinquies C

With the approval of the municipality or the local authority responsible for inter-municipal cooperation, in accordance with the conditions set out in I of Article 1639 A bis, the property tax base fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Articles relating to infants and children.

Article L5231-2

It is prohibited to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, display or import :1° Bottles with tubes ;1° bis Collars for teats and soothers and teething rings containing bisphenol A ; 2° Teats and soothers…

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