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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1672 bis

…mpanies; 2° Income referred to in 1° of Article 118 and relating to securities issued on or after 1 January 1965. These provisions do not apply in the event of the redemption of bonus shares. 2. Insof…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-16

…by the company marketing the medicinal product; 6° The follow-up report referred to in article R. 1161-25, in the event of an application for renewal of authorisation; 7° Authorisation from the Commi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial guarantee

Article R1333-163

The amount of the financial guarantee required by Article R. 1333-162 is established on the basis of a national scale which defines a take-back cost taking into account the nature of the radionuclide,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-16

…a full member who is absent and unrepresented without valid reason for three consecutive meetings, may, on a proposal from the Disciplinary Board, be declared to have resigned by the governing body.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259

…ided for in article 425 of the same code.The beneficiary of the mandate, the principal or the agent may appear at any time at the clerk's office of the judicial court to have the termination of the ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Disciplinary proceedings

Article R1442-22-8

…hen referring a case to the Commission or its Chairman pursuant to Articles L. 1442-13-3 or L. 1442-16, the Minister for Justice or the First President of the Court of Appeal in whose jurisdiction the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 106

In the event that the two courts have declined jurisdiction, the later decision shall be considered null and void.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1072

…y other investigative measure and subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of article 373-2-12 of the Civil Code, the judge may, even of his own motion, order a social enquiry if he considers…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article L222-16-1

…ng to the provision of investment services concerning financial contracts defined in article L. 533-12-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code is prohibited. It is also prohibited to directly or indirect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-121

Subject to the provisions of article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 and those of articles R. 814-99, R. 814-122, R. 814-122-1, R. 814-124, R. 814-130, R. 814-131, R. 814-140, decisions are t…

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