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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-17

The investigational medicinal products and, where applicable, the devices used to administer them are supplied free of charge by the sponsor, except where the law provides otherwise.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-2

…ensation Commission), where the offence is one of the offences referred to in Articles 706-3 or 706-14 of this code;6° To be informed of the protection measures available to them, in particular the pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police.

Article L2512-13

…f Police in Paris and by the texts which have modified it as well as by articles L. 2512-7, L. 2512-14 et L. 2512-17.II.-However, the Mayor of Paris is responsible for the municipal police in matters…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

…l and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in applic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-26

…bject to articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20. If the administrative account has not been adopted by 30 June of the year following the year in which the end of the exercise of powers was declared, the rep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-2

…1 July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 131-3Act no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 131-5 to L. 131-34Act no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-35law no. 2005-845 of 26 July…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…July 2010 L. 131-2 and L. 131-3 Act no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-4 Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 131-5 to L. 131-34 Act no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-35 law no. 2005-845 of 26 Jul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article A1

…2 bis of decree no. 75-360 of 15 May 1975 relating to the interministerial road safety committee ; 14° The director of the department for studies on transport, roads and their development, the direct…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 ter

…eiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012, a special equipment tax intended to finance their land and property operations and to finance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-28

…t paragraph of article L. 2224-12 law no. 2006-1772 of 30 December 2006 L. 2224-12-1-1 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 First paragraph of Article L. 2224-12-2 and first paragraph of Article L. 2…

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