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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-11

…jected profit and loss accounts for the activities mentioned in 1°, 2° and 4° of Article R. 6145-12 may be presented in surplus; 2° Revenues and expenses are accurately estimated; 3° The establishment…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7b: Temporary withholding of cash

Article 67 ter B

…er, where there are indications that cash, within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash enter…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-1

…chapter to the contrary, the French sub-account, within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan-European individual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4 : Participation of medical transport companies in the on-call service for urgent medical transport

Article R6312-22

…st representative departmental emergency medical transport association mentioned in article R. 6312-20 will call on all the approved medical transport companies in the department and propose a distrib…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-9

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may authorise insurance or reinsurance undertakings not to publish information in their solvency and financial condition report referred to in Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…tions provided for in II to XII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSIONS RESULTING FROM L. 1521-1 law no. 2004-806 of 9 August 2004 L. 1522-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 1522-2 to L. 1522-5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Syndicat de communes.

Article L5811-1

References made by articles L. 1612-20, L. 5211-3, L. 5211-4 and L. 5212-1 to L. 5212-2 and L. 5212-4, insofar as they relate to syndicates of communes, shall be understood as referring to the provisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Health care organisations making the results of quality and safety indicators available to the public

Article D6111-23

…rovisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 6144-1 and the fourth paragraph of Article L. 6161-2 may be recorded by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, particularly in cases where t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Gametes.

Article L1273-6

As stated in Article 511-13 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Making the benefit of a gamete donation conditional on the designation by the recipient couple of a person who has voluntarily agre…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article L2563-2

…ated to the municipalities of the overseas departments and territories and the territorial units of Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is increased in 1994 by a sum of 30 million francs, taken from…

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