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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR GROUPINGS

Article L1831-2

…4 of the General Local Authorities Code is replaced by the following provisions: Article L. 1221-4. Art. L. 1221-4 -The organisation holding an authorisation pursuant to article L. 1221-3 is required…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Tourist activities in rural areas.

Article D343-1

…services, are defined inarticle D. 722-4 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, reproduced below: "Art. D. 722-4 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. For the purposes of applying 1° of Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-9

…s and Futuna Islands, subject to the following adaptations: 1° Article L. 3115-6 reads as follows: "Art. L. 3115-6. - If the risk to public health, within the meaning of Article 1 of the 2005 Internat…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Authorised bodies for the collective management of resale rights in the absence of a known successor in title, or in the event of vacancy or disinheritance

Article R329-1

An organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 123-7, if it: 1° Provides proof, through the composition of its deliberative and management bodies, of the diversity o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-2

The operation of a pharmacy is incompatible with the practice of another profession, in particular that of doctor, veterinary surgeon, midwife or dentist, even if the person concerned holds the corres…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementation of the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-24

Operators must comply with all the following obligations: 1° The salaried director of the operator and the healthcare professionals in charge of carrying out the operations provided for in the program…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1518 ter

…horities on the basis of changes in rents recorded in the declarations provided for in Article 1498 bis. These rates are updated each year under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.When the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-8

…Français du Sang are made up of : 1° Income from activities relating to labile blood products ; 1° bis Income from activities relating to the supply of plasma for transfusion purposes covered by 1° o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-44

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall draw up and keep up to date a list of external credit assessment bodies whose assessments may be used by Class 1a credit institutions, financ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 A ter

…ir own tax status may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on undeveloped properties the woods and forests mentioned in 1° of I o…

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