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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article L6214-1

The provisions of Articles L. 6211-14 to L. 6211-16 do not apply to samples taken within the armed forces health service when the analytical phase of the medical biology examination is carried out in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions (R).

Article R2123-12

…resentatives' right to training, under the conditions set out in the articles L. 2123-12 to L. 2123-16 and by 3° of article L. 2321-2, may only take place if the body providing the training course or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Certificate of conformity

Article R752-44-13

…L. 751-9. The certificate of compliance is accompanied by the table referred to in articles R. 752-16 and R. 752-38. It is not compulsory to send the appendices..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-6

I. - When, pursuant to Article L. 822-16, a request for an opinion on the code of ethics of the profession of statutory auditor is submitted to the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes, which shal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

…w from 1 January 2019 and until 31 December 2020 that have been the subject of a firm order from 20 September 2018. It also applies to the goods referred to in the same 1° to 7° manufactured as from 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° bis: Tax credit for expenditure on audiovisual and cinematographic creation, royalties paid to collective management organisations and remuneration paid directly to authors

Article 220 sexies A

…services within the meaning of the fourth to sixth paragraphs of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to the freedom of communication and subject to corporation tax may benefit f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable in the event of transfer, termination or death

Article 204

…declarations. Requests for clarification and justification provided for in the articles L 10 and L 16 du livre des procédures fiscales as well as the proposed rectifications mentioned in Article L 57…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L361-2

…Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° Unless otherwise provided, references to Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules go…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-6

…artment;h) Employees of national and local social security bodies mentioned in 3° of Article L. 114-16-3 of the Social Security Code, individually designated and specially authorised by the director o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-2

…ourt hearing an action for damages as a result of that practice may not, in accordance with Article 16(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of the rules on…

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