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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 242 septies

…l d'Etat.This article does not apply to investments made before the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2011-1977 du 28 décembre 2011 de finances pour 2012, nor to operations for which the issue of an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 775

Bulletin no. 2 is the record of the criminal records applicable to the same person, excluding those concerning the following decisions: 1° Convictions, convictions with an exemption from sentence or a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

In the case of existing enclosures, the application for approval must include the following documents: 1° The documents referred to in 4° to 7°, and, where applicable, 8°, 10° and 11°, designated in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-12

The Etablissement Français du Sang is subject to the provisions of titles I and III of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Hearings

Article R532-49

Unless the hearing is recorded, minutes are drawn up by the registrar in each of the two courtrooms.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-50-8

The collège de résolution and the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution may recover sums corresponding to the amount of any justified expenses incurred in implementing one or more resolution m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-15

For the purposes of Article A. 132-11, the profit-sharing account includes an item entitled "Ceded reinsurance balance". Only risk reinsurance is taken into account, i.e. reinsurance in which the rein…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the use of currency.

Article R112-7

When providing the service referred to in I of Article L. 112-14, the following is punishable by a fifth-class fine 1° Provide cash against payment by means of a payment instrument included in the lis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-33

The registers of gametes or germinal tissue to be kept by any health establishment, body, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to store such gametes or tissue must include :1° The identit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Diseases transmitted by insects

Article R3114-12

I.-The Prefect establishes, as part of the ORSEC plan mentioned inarticle L. 741-1 of the Internal Security Code, a specific plan for managing epidemics of vector-borne diseases, in the event of an es…

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