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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 D

…without having their tax domicile there, as well as the persons mentioned in 2 of the article 4 B, may be invited by the tax department to designate, within ninety days of receipt of this request, a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-16

…gnated. Within the framework provided for in the second sentence of this paragraph, the third party may also request to be mentioned in the copies of the publications of the patent application or of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-16

…per capita financial potential of municipalities in the same demographic group defined in 1° and 2° may not be eligible.For the application of this paragraph, the communes mentioned in I of article L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article R225-167

…rs of the Management Board for the loss they have personally suffered as a result of the same facts may give one or more of them a mandate to act on their behalf before the civil courts, subject to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Setting the amount of compulsory fire and rescue expenditure before the agreements come into force (R).

Article R1425-16

…ment for inter-municipal cooperation concerned. The Prefect is notified of all these procedures. He may request a new deliberation from the commission.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article R6123-169

…of articles R. 6123-91-4 and R. 6123-91-12. The holder of the authorisation for categories C and D may only provide systemic medicinal treatments for cancer if he has an authorisation issued under 3°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 9: Special provisions for forestry savings companies governed by Article L. 214-121.

Article R214-162

I. - At least 60% of the assets of the forestry savings companies referred to in Article R. 214-161 shall consist of forestry assets comprising :1° Forests and woods ;2° Bare land to be afforested;3°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the entry into national territory of the elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they are not authorised in the Member State of origin

Article R1245-16

…ecision within three months of the date on which the application is deemed to be complete. II. - He may request any additional information he considers necessary, by any means capable of providing a d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Opposition to cold calling

Article L242-16

…the person penalised. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may decide to postpone publication of a decision, to publish it anonymously or not to publish it in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-169

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour o…

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