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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-5

Home detention with electronic surveillance may be ordered, ex officio or at the request of the person concerned, by the investigating judge or by the liberty and custody judge if the person under inv…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 182 A

I. With the exception of salaries falling within the scope of article 182 A bis, French-source salaries, wages, pensions and life annuities paid to persons who are not domiciled in France for tax purp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-2-1

I. - When an armed forces hospital or other component of the armed forces health service participates in the implementation of the mental health policy conducted in application of this chapter : 1° Th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-14

…atives of a foreign supervisory authority entrusted with a mission similar to that entrusted in France to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may only relate to compliance with standa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5215-16

…ons specific to them. For the application of article L. 2123-11-2, the monthly amount of the allowance is at most equal to 80% or, from the seventh month following the start of payment of the allowanc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-19

During the twenty days following the publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales provided for in Article L. 141-12, an authentic copy or one of the originals of the deed…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-17

…rticle L. 517-14 are no longer met, the financial holding company, the parent undertaking of a finance company or the mixed financial holding company shall apply for approval in accordance with Articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Inter-company agreements

Article L2232-38

The validity of an inter-company agreement is assessed in accordance with articles L. 2232-12 and L. 2232-13. The 30% and 50% rates mentioned in the same articles are assessed at the level of all the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-16

…ission mentioned in articles L. 4393-12 and L. 4393-14 and the conditions under which the person concerned is subject to a compensation measure; 2° The procedures for verifying the professional qualif…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-15

…ovided for in Article L. 733-12 shall be published by the registry of the judicial court in accordance with the forms provided for in Article R. 723-2. Failing agreement between the parties, the Prote…

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