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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-56

…ovisional profit and loss account for the schools and institutes mentioned in 3° of article R. 6145-12 shows the operating costs and income attributable to the activity of these schools and institutes…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238

I.-Companies subject ipso jure or by option to an actual taxation system may, under the conditions provided for in this article, subject to separate taxation at the rate provided for in the second par…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L765-2

…and to five days in the Austral Islands, Tuamotu Islands, Gambier Islands and Marquesas Islands"; 12° In Article L. 743-7, the words: "judicial court" are replaced by the words: "court of first inst…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…resented, in particular their frequency and the deadline by which they must be sent electronically, may be specified by a professional agreement concluded under the conditions provided for in II of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

I.-The criminal investigation police officer may, with regard to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraphs of Article 706-54, take a biological sample or have it taken under his o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L364-2

For the application of this book in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° References to the mayor of the commune and to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the district chief; 2° With the exception…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-3

…ut prejudice to the provisions of article L. 115-3 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles ;12° The conditions of contractual liability of the supplier and the distribution network operator an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A

…f Article 291.The import declaration means the customs declaration, within the meaning of Article 5(12) of the Union Customs Code, including for the trade referred to in Article 1(3) of the same code.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-3

…y rest. This paragraph also applies to establishments other than those mentioned in article L. 3132-12 for their employees who work in the sales area of an establishment located in one of the zones me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-19

…the measures which are submitted to the vote of the classes of affected parties. Any affected party may submit a draft proposal to the Board of Directors. Any affected party may submit a draft plan wh…

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