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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-3

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is appointed for a term of three years, renewable once. The age limit for the Chairman is sixty-seven. The duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors are incom…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

…umber of employees Number of members Monthly number of delegation hours Total delegation hours 11 à 24 1 10 10 25 à 49 2 10 20 50 à 74 4 18 72 75 à 99 5 19 95 100 à 124 6 21 126 125 à 149 7 21 147 150…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Therapeutic patient education

Article R1521-6

…ect to the adaptations mentioned in II: I.- ARTICLES IN THE WORDING RESULTING FROM D. 1161-1 Decree no. 2010-906 of 2 August 2010 R. 1161-2 Decree no. 2013-449 of 31 May 2013 R. 1161-3 to R. 1161-7 De…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

…horisation required in Article L. 532-30 or without the notification referred to in Articles L. 214-24-1 and L. 214-24-2 or without being authorised to do so by the Member States concerned in accordan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-34

…d basis of their parent company applies, on the basis of Articles 6 to 17 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013;4° Financial holding companies an…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Travelling distillers

Article 328

…it may be exchanged without any time limit (1). (1) See also livre des procédures fiscales, art. L. 24.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1

…asses 3 to 9 of article R. 321-1, as amended on the date of publication of the amending finance law 2013-1279 of 29 December 2013, and taken out with a company mentioned in article L. 310-2. The amoun…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AH

…e and intended for use in industrial automation applications, acquired or created between 1 October 2013 and 31 December 2016, may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-2

…quests for access to the EURODAC database for law enforcement purposes under Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 concerning the establishment of E…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 217 quindecies

…enefit of exceptional depreciation is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning…

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