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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-10

At the end of their skills consolidation programme, candidates apply to the practice authorisation commission referred to in Article L. 4221-12 under the conditions set out in Article R. 4221-13-1.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies F

I.-Building and public works companies, companies producing solid mineral substances, airport operators and ski lift and ski area operators subject to corporation tax or income tax under an actual sys…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-108

…uct which does not have a marketing authorisation as referred to in Article L. 5121-8 or an early access authorisation as referred to in Article L. 5121-12 or a compassionate access authorisation as r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Life mortgage and transfer advance loan

Article L315-15

The debt owed by the borrower or his successors may never exceed the value of the property assessed at the time the term expires. When the mortgagee calls in his guarantee at the end of the term, if t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-4

…g to the classes mentioned in 20, 21, 22, 24 and 25 of Article R. 321-1 may be represented by:-advances on contracts ;-premiums or contributions relating to these classes of business still to be colle…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-8

…28 October 2020 or scheduled to be released in cinemas on 4, 11 or 18 November 2020 or between 15 December 2020 and 6 January 2021.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: CONTROL OF THE HOLDING OF SECURITIES

Article L812-1

All foreign nationals must be able to produce the documents under cover of which they are authorised to travel or reside in France at the request of any judicial police officer from the national polic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6431-24

After the election of its Executive Council under the conditions set out in article LO 6432-6, the territorial council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside bo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Special employee share ownership schemes.

Article R212-6

The rules relating to employee profit-sharing are set out in Chapter II of Title IV of Book IV of the French Labour Code and in Decree no. 87-948 of 26 November 1987 determining the public companies a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Equalisation funds

Article 1648 A

I. - From 2013, the departmental business tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the…

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