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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous and final provisions

Article R4312-89

Any nurse who changes his or her conditions of practice, including his or her professional address, or ceases to practise, is required to notify the departmental council without delay. The latter take…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Contract and cluster project

Article R6146-8

…ves, particularly in terms of care policy and quality, assigned to the cluster as well as the resources allocated to it. It sets out the indicators that will enable the achievement of these objectives…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 833

The provisions of articles 831 to 832-4 benefit the spouse or any heir called to succeed by virtue of the law, whether he is a full or bare owner. These provisions, with the exception of those of arti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Directory of notaries, bailiffs, court clerks, secretaries, auctioneers, commercial brokers, insurance brokers and other intermediaries

Article 867

I. - Notaries, bailiffs, clerks and secretaries of central administrations shall keep columnar directories, on which they shall enter, day by day, and in order of number, namely:1° Notaries, all deeds…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XIII: Criminal records

Article 875

…he powers of the national criminal record are exercised by the registry of the court of first instance, which receives, in the case of legal entities whose registered office is within the jurisdiction…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-8

Any dispute over the price offered shall be brought before the court in whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is located, within the period mentioned in the third paragraph of articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 83

…benefits in money or in kind granted:1° Social security contributions, including:a) Old-age insurance contributions paid in exercise of the redemption options provided for in articles L. 351-14-1 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: The Governor and Deputy Governors

Article L142-8

The Banque de France is managed by the Governor of the Banque de France.The Governor chairs the General Council of the Banque de France.He prepares and implements the decisions of the General Council.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Repeal of the prohibition on return

Article L613-8

…decision, the administrative authority may refuse this repeal in the light of particular circumstances relating to the situation and behaviour of the person concerned.The procedures for establishing…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Communications from the judicial authority

Article L582-8

The judicial authority shall communicate to the Director General of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons, on request or of its own motion, any information obtained in…

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