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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4351-22

The Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health will issue the authorisation to practise provided for in Article L. 4351-4, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission for M…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-22

In the event of absence or impediment of the pharmacists in charge or delegates, their replacement may not exceed one year, except in the case of military obligations. In this case, the replacement pe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I: Exceptional tax on high incomes.

Article 223 sexies

I. - 1 A contribution on the reference tax income of the tax household, as defined in 1° of IV of article 1417, without taking into account the capital gains referred to in I of article 150-0 B ter, r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Payment Security Observatory

Article R142-22

The following are members of the Payment Security Observatory:1° A Member of Parliament and a Senator ;2° Eight representatives of the administrations concerned:a) One representative of the General Se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22

Any abstraction device, well or borehole, the construction of which is planned to obtain water intended for domestic use within the meaning of article R. 214-5 du code de l'environnement, shall be dec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Obligations of the insurer

Article L175-22

The insurer does not cover damage or loss caused by the intentional fault of the insured. However, the risks remain covered in the event of unintentional fault on the part of the insured and in the ev…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Rules applicable to the assignment and recovery of receivables and the preservation of assets.

Article D214-227

The statement provided for in the first paragraph of V of Article L. 214-169 shall include the following information: 1° The name "deed of assignment of receivables" ; 2° A statement that the assignme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-22

The companies involved in the merger that are registered in France shall file a notice of the proposed cross-border merger with the registry of the commercial court at their registered office. This no…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article R3324-22

If the beneficiary has not opted for immediate availability, the cases in which, pursuant to article L. 3324-10, the rights accrued in favour of the beneficiaries may exceptionally be liquidated befor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-22

I. - Where the payment order is given by the payer, his payment service provider shall, subject to Article L. 133-5, the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 133-21 and Article L. 133-24, be liab…

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