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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-176

The territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, hearing and judgment of the offences provided f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preference shares

Article L212-5

The rules governing the creation of preference shares are set out in Articles L. 228-11 to L. 228-20 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-21

The costs resulting from the implementation of the measures provided for in articles L. 521-19 and L. 521-20 shall be borne by the service provider.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-2-1

…treatment of candidates and transparency of procedures defined in Article 1 of Order No 2015-899 of 23 July 2015 on public contracts.The national councils of the orders may set up a central purchasing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables.

Article R313-16

…tification to the assigned debtor of this assignment of the receivable, pursuant to Articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, include the following compulsory information on the invoice relating to the receiva…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 C

…legal entity; 12° For the publication of legal claims mentioned in c of 4° of Article 28 of Decree no. 55-22 of 4 January 1955 as amended reforming land registration, as well as the legal claims, rep…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-24

In the case mentioned in 2° of Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exposure limit values

Article R4451-6

A worker's exposure to ionising radiation does not exceed: 1° For the whole body, the exposure limit value of 20 millisieverts over twelve consecutive months, assessed on the basis of the effective do…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R313-4

The personalised information that the creditor or credit intermediary provides to the borrower in the form of the sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7, the model for which is appended to this code, c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies G

…ts mentioned in the first paragraph of this I acquired as new from 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2022. II - The deduction is spread on a straight-line basis over the normal useful life of the asset…

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