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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-19-4

…inion from the consortium's strategic committee, the director general of the regional health agency may, in the light of the intentions and capacities of all the establishments belonging to the consor…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter A

Unitholders in a mutual fund may set off all or part of the tax credits attached to the income and capital gains from the sale of assets included in that fund.For each year, the fund manager calculate…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 19

…es. It comes into force one month after it is published in the newspaper. The invalidation decision may be pre-noted in the land register and entered in the commercial register at the request of a not…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of acquiring French nationality

Article 22-3

However, a French child under article 22-1 and who was not born in France has the option of repudiating this status during the six months preceding his majority and during the twelve months following…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of parentage by recognition

Article 316-2

…acknowledgement is informed of this without delay. In the event of opposition, the civil registrar may not, on pain of the fine provided for in Article 68, register the acknowledgement or mention it…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assignment of receivables as security

Article 2373-3

Where the secured claim is paid in full before the assigned claim is paid, the assignor shall automatically recover ownership of the assigned claim..

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
12° : Tax reduction for certain overseas investments

Article 199 undecies F

…int-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the congress of New Caledonia and the assembly of French Polynesia may, in their respective territories, by deliberation taken before 1 January 2010 or after each of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Default in criminal matters

Article 379-2

…during the proceedings and it is not possible to suspend them until his return. However, the court may also decide to adjourn the case to a later session, after issuing a warrant for the arrest of th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-38

…cinema is located. The regional panels are : 1° The "Ile-de-France, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion" regional committee; 2° The "Grand-Est, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Auvergne-Rhône-Alp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-39

The national section of the art cinema commission comprises :1° A chairman;2° A vice-chairman;3° Four representatives of cinema exhibitors;4° Three representatives of distributors of cinematographic w…

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