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French General Tax CodeIn force
1a: Exemption for between two and five years

Article 1383 A

I. - Companies that benefit from the exemptions provided for in Articles 44 sexies and 44 quindecies, may be temporarily exempted under the conditions set out in Article 1464 C, from the property tax…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval procedure

Article R1114-13

The members of an association approved at national level may represent users of the healthcare system on national, regional, departmental or local hospital or public health bodies. Members of an assoc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-131

I. - Registration may be carried out or authorisation may be issued for a limited period depending on the nature of the nuclear activities carried out, the specific features of the establishment, the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Payments.

Article R3332-13

Where a former employee of the company does not have access to a collective retirement savings plan, he may continue to make payments into the collective retirement savings plan of his former company.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions.

Article D6124-138

A neurosurgeon fulfilling the conditions mentioned in 1° of article D. 6124-137 and an anaesthetist-resuscitator are responsible for the continuity of care mentioned in article R. 6123-101 on each sit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-13

…the mixed financial holding company within the group; 3° The persons referred to in Article L. 511-13 and the members of the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board, the Management Board or any oth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-3

…red by these secrets and transmitted to the National Public Health Agency pursuant to Articles L. 1413-6, L. 1413-7 and L. 1413-8 or, where applicable, to other members of the national public health n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-12

…on of article R. 1261-11, the partner public establishments in application of II of article R. 1261-19, or in training or research projects presented by external entities. Training programmes involvin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-12

The change of manager provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 224-6 entails the transfer to the new manager of all the individual rights in the plan being set up. In the event of a change in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-12

…me of the first elections or in the event of new elections organised in application of article L. 4123-10, lots are drawn to determine the number and identity of the members of the territorial council…

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