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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 I

…idential property for which planning permission has been obtained between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2016, evidenced by a notarised deed signed no later than three years after the planning permi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-8

…uirements defined by the Committee and entrust its Chairman with the task of verifying this compliance on receipt of the requested information. If the Committee has not entrusted the Chairman with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for securitisation undertakings or compartments of securitisation undertakings carrying insurance risks

Article L214-190

In order to carry out its duties and within the limits of those duties, in particular those entrusted to it by Article L. 214-189, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may conduct docu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-5

…267-1, L. 267-2, L. 268-2 and the second paragraph of Article L. 311-2 of the Code of Military Justice shall apply. In accordance with article L. 211-21 of the same code, the person under investigatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opening and closing the Livret jeune.

Article R221-77

…her honour that he or she does not already hold a Livret Jeune and that he or she meets the residence requirement set out in article L. 221-24. They must provide proof of the age requirement set out…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-28

…hin the meaning of Article L. 561-33 may agree, in agreement with their parent undertaking or their central body, to the joint appointment of a person within the group. The person so authorised must c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

…III, provided that they are not owned, directly or indirectly, by a television or broadcasting service publisher.II. - Expenses incurred for the production, development and digitisation of a phonograp…

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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 R6147-137

For the implementation of pathways and the performance of expert assessments under the conditions provided for in article R. 6147-136, self-employed healthcare professionals carry out, as part of a pu…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-8

…article R. 3252-5 of the Labour Code in application of article L. 3252-5 of the same code" are replaced by the words: "a sum set by order of the State representative".

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R442-3

For the application of the provisions of this book in Saint-Barthélemy: 1° Access to work for foreign nationals is exercised under the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicabl…

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