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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12

In order to ensure better coordination of their activities and thus contribute to the structuring of the healthcare pathways referred to in article L. 1411-1 and the achievement of the objectives of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Payment of damages and interest on confiscated property

Article 706-164

Any person who, having brought a civil action, has benefited from a final decision awarding him damages and interest as compensation for the harm he has suffered as a result of a criminal offence as w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VC

I. - The gross capital gain realised on the property or rights mentioned in articles 150 U , 150 UB and 150 UC is reduced by an allowance set at:- 6% for each year of ownership beyond the fifth;- 4% i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
F: Tax for the management of aquatic environments and flood prevention

Article 1530 bis

I. - Communes that exercise, pursuant to I bis of article L. 211-7 of the Environment Code, the competence of aquatic environment management and flood prevention may, by a deliberation taken under the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 665-1

When effected at the registry's behest, notification to the defendant of a document instituting proceedings shall include, in a very conspicuous manner: 1° Its date; 2° An indication of the court befo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title VI: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L561-1

This Book is applicable to Mayotte under the following conditions: 1° References made by provisions of this Code to other Articles of the same Code only concern Articles applicable to Mayotte where ap…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Access by purchasers to supporting documents and evidence

Article R2143-13

Candidates are not required to provide the supporting documents and means of proof that the purchaser may obtain directly by means of:1° An electronic system for making information available administe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-1

The administrative authority may detain, for a period of forty-eight hours, a foreign national who is in one of the cases provided for in article L. 731-1 when he or she does not present effective gua…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-14

I. - When a credit institution is designated in application of article L. 312-1 to open an account for a person subject to a measure freezing funds and economic resources, it shall seek prior authoris…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for criminal prosecution

Article L823-10

For the application of the second paragraph of article L. 823-1 and article L. 823-2, the illegal situation of the foreign national is assessed in the light of the legislation of the State party conce…

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