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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 3

ANNEX 3 MENTIONED IN ARTICLES R. 142-13, R. 142-14, R. 142-18, R. 142-21, R. 414-5 AND R. 431-1 PERSONAL DATA WHICH MAY BE RECORDED IN THE AGDREF2 AUTOMATED PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Electronic trade in medicinal products by a dispensing pharmacy

Article L5125-35

…aph of article L. 5125-33 is subject to the existence of the licence referred to in article L. 5125-18 or the decision of the Minister for Health referred to in article L. 5125-10 and the actual openi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-16

…cle R. 1434-19, the reference to article R. 1434-13 is replaced by the reference to article R. 1441-18 and the words: "provided for in article L. 182-2-1-1 of the Social Security Code" are deleted.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L461-1

…organisation of the markets in fisheries and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations No 1184/2006 and No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation No 104/2000" are replaced by the words: "…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 216 bis

Interest and income received after 31 December 1955 on A shares in Société nationale des chemins de fer français which remain blocked after that date in the assets of the former concessionary companie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIIa: Stamp on cheque forms

Article 916 A

Cheque forms that do not meet the characteristics of being blocked in advance and non-transferable by endorsement mentioned in Article 85 of Act no. 78-1239 of 29 December 1978 are subject to a stamp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The performance of the duties of clerk of the commercial court by the company and the members.

Article R743-133

In addition to the information provided for in article 2 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, all correspondence and documents issued by the company must indicate its status as a company holding an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-125

The company's consent to the transfer of all or part of the shares or corporate units is obtained under the conditions provided for by articles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24 and by the Article 10 of Law no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to non-trading property investment companies

Article L231-19

It is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 18,000 euros for the directors of the management company or any person in the company's employ to obstruct the statutory auditors' verificati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-14

The articles L. 2123-18, L. 2123-25-1 to L. 2123-27, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2123-28 and article L. 2123-29 apply to members of the deliberative bodies of the public establishmen…

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