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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R4312-5

…orders and the amount of expenditure orders issued during the financial year, including, where applicable, reductions and cancellations of revenue and expenditure, plus or minus the carryover from pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R4113-54

…ved from it has six months in which to sell his shares under the conditions set out in articles R. 4113-49 to R. 4113-52. This period begins on the date on which the decision to deregister becomes fin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-57

Subject to compliance with the operating conditions set out in articles D. 6124-50 to D. 6124-56, newborns requiring neonatology care may be hospitalised in neonatal and infant paediatric units. In th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Relations between the liquidator and the guarantee fund

Article R421-53

The liquidator appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in application of articles L. 326-1 and L. 326-2, or by the competent authorities of the home state of an insurance und…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-5

I.-In application of 7° of article L. 5125-1-1 A, the patient may designate a pharmacist who holds a dispensary or who manages a mutualist or miner's aid pharmacy, participating in the same coordinate…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-5

I.-The Basic Solvency Capital Requirement is composed of individual risk modules which are aggregated. It comprises at least the following risk modules: a) Non-life underwriting risk; b) Life underwri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 quater

…provide, in support of their income tax return for each financial year, a detailed statement of the categories of expenditure referred to in 5 of Article 39 (1), when they exceed a certain amount set…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Dimensions

Article R1331-56

…tended for sleeping in premises used for collective accommodation occupied by more than five people:1° The smallest dimension on the floor is at least 2 metres for single rooms and 2.20 metres for oth…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-56

The amounts provided for in articles R. 332-54 and R. 332-55 are calculated net of the value of guarantees received under an eligible master agreement. An eligible master agreement meets all of the fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-55

It is paid to each municipality with a casino governed by articles L. 321-1 et seq. of the Internal Security Code, or to each public establishment when it is delegating the public service delegation o…

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