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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis KH

I. - A tax is hereby introduced payable by any electronic communications operator, within the meaning of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, which provides a service i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-8

The provisions of article L. 1113-7 are brought to the attention of the person admitted or accommodated or their legal representative in the case of a minor, at the latest on the day of their discharg…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Illegal businesses

Article R352-32

…of Article L. 352-7 shall be made if the following conditions are met:a) It is unlikely that insurance or reinsurance undertakings representing a significant share of the market or of the lines of bus…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R123-121-4

When the individual limited liability entrepreneur has made the declaration of assignment mentioned in Article L. 526-7 for registration in the Trade and Companies Register, he is also required to fil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D15-4-2

The Public Prosecutor at the judicial court in which there is no investigating division shall immediately notify the Public Prosecutor at the court in which that division is located when the provision…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R1333-28

…L. 221-7 of the Environment Code and L. 1333-3 of this Code, the reference level for average annual radon activity is set at 300 Bq. m-3 in built-up buildings.An order by t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-20

…r in Articles R. 123-6 and R. 123-7.For all transmissions by electronic means referred to in the preceding paragraph, an electronic signature is used under the conditions provided for by article R. 12…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure.

Article D2573-32

…For the application of article R. 2321-2, the words: "in Book VI of the Commercial Code" are replaced by the words: "by locally applicable regulations". IV. - For the application of article R. 2321-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-10

…not hold the French State diploma provided for in article D. 4364-7 but whose professional competence has been recognised by the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Veterans and Victims of War or the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-48

The services which public health institutions may provide on a subsidiary basis, as provided for in article L. 6145-7, are developed within the limits of the material and human resources essential to…

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