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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-3

…national outpatient emergency number (116 117) or the national emergency medical assistance number (15). The director general of the regional health agency determines which of these two numbers is use…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-14

…L. 335-10 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a registered copyright or related right may be destroyed under the supervision of customs officers provided the following conditions are met…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XII: Levy on online horserace betting for the benefit of racing companies

Article 1609 tertricies

…the first paragraph of article 302 bis ZJ, from online horse betting mentioned in article 11 of Law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening up to competition and the regulation of the onli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to minimum capital requirements and eligible commitments

Article R613-46-4

…rejudice to the minimum amount provided for in VIII or 1° of VI of Article R. 613-46-3, as the case may be, resolution entities falling under VII, IX or X of Article R. 613-46-3 shall meet part of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinquies C

…Distributions by venture capital companies that meet the conditions set forth in Article 1-1 of Act no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 on various economic and financial provisions, deducted from net capital g…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-148

At each committee meeting, the co-chairmen shall decide which of them shall have the casting vote in the event of a tie.If one of the co-chairmen is absent, he shall be replaced by another member of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

…y rent is greater than or equal to 10,000 euros, as well as in 2°, 4°, 5° and 8° ofarticle 1 of law no. 70-9 of 2 January 1970 regulating the conditions for carrying out activities relating to certain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…ation device;14° Lifting the person and helping them to walk, without using re-education techniques;15° Aspirating secretions from the person, whether or not they have been intubated or tracheostomise…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax on the costs of chambers of trade and craft associations

Article 1601

…tax is levied for the benefit of CMA France and the chambers of trade mentioned in article 1 of law no. 48-977 of 16 June 1948 relating to the tax for chamber of trade fees applicable in the departmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6

…The fraction of the net proceeds of the value added tax provided for in C of V of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 collected by the département in the previous y…

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