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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R13

…ry members of the gendarmerie referred to in 2° of Article 16 may only be authorised to effectively exercise the attributions attached to their status as judicial police officers when they are assigne…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4301-9

In application of article L. 4301-1 and under the conditions of article L. 4311-4, the regional prefect may, after receiving the opinion of the committee referred to in the first paragraph of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4301-10

In application of article L. 4304-1 and under the conditions of article L. 4311-22, the practice of advanced practice by a nurse who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-9

…tification in number of subscribers, with the technical characteristics of the line, based on their call number or SIM card number (with or without bank details), request can be copied in electronic f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Recourse in the event of non-payment

Article L131-47

The bearer may exercise his rights of recourse against the endorsers, the drawer and the other debtors, if the cheque, presented in due time, is not paid and if the refusal to pay is recorded in an au…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Legislative part

Article L610-1

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine, in each department, the court or courts called upon to hear the proceedings provided for by this book, as well as the jurisdiction in which these courts…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Adjournment

Article D549

The deposit ordered as part of the adjournment provided for by Article 132-70-3 of the Criminal Code is subject to the same rules as bail ordered as part of a judicial review in the event of an adjour…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395

The following are exempt from property tax on undeveloped properties:1° Land sown, planted or replanted with woodland, for the first thirty years of sowing, planting or replanting. From 1 January of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-163

Exchanges and sales of woodlands and forests, interest shares in forestry groupings or shares in companies whose sole purpose is to hold woodlands and forests by forest savings companies must comply w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Tax officials entrusted with certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-29-17

The provisions of articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-20 to R. 15-33-23 are applicable to the exercise of judicial police missions by authorised tax agents.

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