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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-25

When the procedures for transmitting information to the funds mentioned in 3° of IV of Article L. 311-18 do not guarantee an appropriate level of confidentiality, the college of supervisors or the col…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1235-2

…are subject to the provisions of Title I, with the exception of the first paragraph of article L. 1211-2, and to those of Chapters III and IV of this Title.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-27

…y an order issued pursuant to article L. 444-3 for all obligations arising from the cessation of activity of one or more classified facilities within the meaning of Title I of Book V of the Environmen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 259

…re the customer is a taxable person acting as such and has in France:a) The seat of his economic activity, except where he has a fixed establishment not located in France to which the services are sup…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 terdecies

I. - Loans taken out between 1 September 2005 and 31 December 2008 with a view to financing their studies by persons aged no more than twenty-five and enrolled in a course of higher education entitle…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-27

An individual file concerning the activities of the judicial environmental officer is kept permanently at the public prosecutor's office of the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-29

The proposals for staff reports and the staff reports provided for in article R. 15-33-29-28 shall be drawn up on a form conforming to the model laid down by the Minister of Justice. They shall includ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: FRAUD

Article L441-2

Prohibited is the practice of programmed obsolescence, which is defined as the use of techniques, including software, by which the person responsible for placing a product on the market deliberately a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-2

…are applicable in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, III and IV: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 131-1 law no. 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 L. 13…

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