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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-2

An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security, and of the minister for defence in the case of professionals in the armed forces health service, defines the priority multiannual…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-28

The provisions of articles 643 to 647 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply to the one-month and two-month time limits provided for in articles R. 50-15, R. 50-12-2 and R. 50-17.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

The procedures for applying this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular :1° The scientific criteria justifying, where appropriate, exemption from bioavailability stu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210

The provisions of this article apply to capital gains, other than those referred to in the second paragraph of II of article 238 octies, realised before the entry into force, under conditions set by d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article R617-2

The articles R. 611-18 to R. 611-20, R. 612-1, R. 612-2, R. 612-5 (1°), R. 612-6, R. 612-7, R. 612-36, R. 612-38, R. 612-52, R. 612-71 (paragraphs 1 and 2), R. 612-72, R. 613-45 to R. 613-59 and R. 61…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 221

1 Corporation tax is assessed under the same conditions and subject to the same penalties as income tax (industrial and commercial profits, tax regime based on actual profits or based on the simplifie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-24

The right to renewal may not be enforced against an owner who has obtained planning permission to build residential premises on all or part of one of the properties referred to in 2° of article L. 145…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Information to be provided to the public by groups.

Article L356-24

The participating and parent undertakings referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 respectively shall put in place appropriate structures and systems at group level to meet t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first sentence of the first paragraph of Article L. 411-1, the following public offers are authorised: 1° The offer of financial securities or shares exclusively…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of registers and liability for land registration

Article 2444

I. - The State is liable for the loss resulting from faults committed by each service responsible for land registration in the performance of its duties, in particular: 1° The failure to publish deeds…

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