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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book VII: ENFORCEMENT OF REMOVAL DECISIONS

Article L730-2

In accordance with article L. 264-1, the provisions of 6°, 7° and 8° and the last paragraph of article L. 731-1, article L. 731-2, 6°, 7° and 8° of article L. 731-3, articles L. 731-4, L. 731-5, L. 73…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Inclusion on the list of medicinal products for officinal use

Article R5121-204

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or remove the registration of a medicinal product from the list provided for in article R. 5…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Expertise operations.

Article 276

The expert must take into consideration the observations or claims of the parties, and, where they are in writing, attach them to his opinion if the parties so request. However, where the expert has s…

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

Article 241

Companies, companies or associations that collect and pay copyright or inventor's rights are required to declare, the amount of the sums they pay to their members or principals.This declaration may be…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Causes of interruption of prescription.

Article 2245

The interpellation made to one of the joint and several debtors by an application to court or by an act of forced execution or the acknowledgement by the debtor of the right of the one against whom he…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-14

…f the provisions of the texts adopted for the application of the articles 2,3,4,6,7and 10 de la loi n° 94-665 du 4 août 1994 relative à l'emploi de la langue française.Any foundation recognised as bei…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-25

…s or groups of communes where campsites, caravan parks or reception areas within the meaning of loi n° 2000-614 du 5 juillet 2000 relative à l'accueil et à l'habitat des gens du voyage, la collecte de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-22

Par application des dispositions du titre III du décret n° 56-585 du 12 juin 1956 portant fixation du système général de rétribution des agents de l'Etat ou des personnels non fonctionnaires assurant,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-2

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 299

I.-It is hereby instituted a tax due in respect of sums collected by businesses in the digital sector defined in III, in return for the provision in France, over the course of a calendar year, of the…

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