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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Interventional activities under medical imaging in neuroradiology.

Article D6124-149-1

Ongoing care and continuity of care are provided by a doctor who fulfils the conditions mentioned in 1° of I of article D. 6124-149 and a doctor specialising in anaesthesia and intensive care. The doc…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-9

I.-Where the 3rd paragraph of Article R. 713-21 is applied, the candidates or their proxies shall submit, no later than twenty-one days before the last day of the ballot, to the secretariat of the ele…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 97

When it is necessary, during the course of an investigation, to search for documents or computer data and subject to the requirements of the investigation and compliance, where applicable, with the ob…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 974

I.-The debts, existing on 1st January of the tax year, contracted by one of the persons mentioned in 1° of article 965 and actually borne by it, relating to taxable assets and, where applicable, in pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-14

In addition to its opinion and the expert report, the college will forward to the insurers and the persons it considers to be liable all the documents provided by the claimant to enable them to make a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L71-111-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE X: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L72-101-14

Appendices to the budget documents include:1° Summary data on the financial situation of the local authority;2° A list of assistance granted by the local authority in the form of benefits in kind or s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article D712-14-2

Special circumstances within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 711-8 :1° The chamber's intervention in support of economic activity in its district in the event of economic change seriously affecting th…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-14

Where the commercial development falls under article L. 752-1-1, the project owner must publish a notice of the opening to the public in two regional or local newspapers circulated in the département,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to credit institutions, payment institutions and electronic money institutions

Article L754-9

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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