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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-209-2

…om the reserves available to the General Meeting pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 232-11 of this Code. If they have not been used for one of the purposes and within the time periods ment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article R113-12

I.-For the contracts referred to in article R. 113-11, where the conditions for cancellation provided for in article L. 113-15-2 are met, the insurer shall apply the provisions of that article:1° When…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-1

…ions mentioned in IV of this article, the consent provided for in the fourth paragraph ofarticle L. 1111-4 is obtained in writing from the pregnant woman by the doctor or midwife who prescribes or, wh…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4° Tax credit for expenditure on the production of phonographic works

Article 220 octies

…a microenterprise given in Article 2(3) of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 bis A

…of the provision referred to in 1 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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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-1

…victed person for whom the second paragraph of article 131-9 or the second paragraph of Article 131-11 of the Penal Code or placed under the supervision of the sentence enforcement judge and in respec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-3

…certificate states whether the form of care decided for the patient in application of article L. 3211-2-1 of this code remains appropriate and, if so, proposes a new form. If the patient cannot be ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-1

…standing the ninth paragraph of this article, in the health establishments mentioned in article L. 6111-1 of this code, in the social and medico-social establishments and services mentioned in article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3

…in 9° to 9° ter and 9° sexies of article R. 332-2 ;3° 10% for all the securities mentioned in 10°, 11° and 12° of article R. 332-2, with the exception of the loans mentioned in the third and fourth p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-6

…rvision exercised by a supervisory authority of a third country to that mentioned in Article L. 356-11 may be determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of…

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