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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Property tax on built-up properties

Article 1388 sexies

…1 December 2016 by a public entity to unlawful occupants of buildings used as their main dwelling located on these properties is subject to a reduction for the five years following the year during whi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer care

Article D6124-131

I.-The therapeutic plan envisaged for each cancer patient undergoing treatment, as well as any significant changes in therapeutic orientation, including the discontinuation of cancer treatment, are th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Management, administrative and executive bodies

Article L323-13

…secrecy. The articles of association or the general regulations shall determine the penalties applicable to any person who fails to send his full declaration to the body within the time limits they s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-13

…nostics referred to in III of article L. 1434-10 and on the basis of the health projects of primary care teams, the health projects of specialised care teams, the health projects of territorial profes…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-136

…inst the person, for a period that it shall determine and that may not exceed ten years in criminal cases and twenty years if the acts committed constitute a felony or misdemeanour punishable by ten y…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-138

After deliberation by the jury, the candidate who has failed one or more training units of the specific part may be authorised by the regional director of youth, sports and community life to follow th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-132

…Article L. 321-1 and are exempted from observing the management rules which would normally be applicable to them where, before commencing their operations, they have entered into a reinsurance treaty…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-13

…AIFs or investment funds governed by foreign law are subject to supervision equivalent to that applicable to UCITS and that cooperation between the Autorité des marchés financiers and the supervisory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Contributions of other players in the healthcare system to health support for the armed forces

Article R6147-139

…proval to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency within whose jurisdiction the Army Medical Centres or Army Hospitals are located and on which the health system players mentioned in articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article R782-13

…sory Committee instituted by Article 214 of Organic Law No. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia comprises, in addition to the High Commissioner of the Republic, the Chairman:1° Six repre…

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