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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article L1434-4

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall determine by decree, after consultation with the representatives of the health professionals concerned :1° Areas where the supply of healthcare…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…ncier may issue "obligations foncières" whose maturity date may be extended, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.II. - The sociétés de crédit foncier…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART FOUR

Article Annexe 41-2

…l or student has dependent children 1 × number of children The pupil or student is married or has entered into a civil solidarity pact and the income of the spouse or partner is taken into account 1 T…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1° sexies : Redynamising employment areas

Article 1383 H

Unless the municipality or public inter-municipal cooperation body with its own tax system decides otherwise under the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A bis, properties located in the employme…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIa: Transitional tax relief

Article 1647 C quinquies C

…issued for the benefit of the local authority syndicates is subject to a rebate when the sum of the territorial economic contribution, taxes for the costs of chambers of commerce and industry and for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R310

…eration between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in civil or commercial matters (taking of evidence) (recast)" are replaced by the words: "in the taking of evidence in civil a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-12

…ncompatible:1° With any activity of a commercial nature, whether exercised directly or through an intermediary;2° With the capacity of partner in a general partnership, general partner in a limited pa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-1

With a view to exercising control over insurance and reinsurance undertakings whose registered office is located in the territory of a Member State of the European Union other than France, and by way…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L783-9

…aragraph of c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L784-9

…aragraph of c), the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L…

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