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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Neurosurgery

Article R6123-103

Authorisation to carry out neurosurgical care activities may only be granted or renewed if the health establishment or health cooperation group can demonstrate, for neurosurgery, per site, an annual a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-10

…ion as a portfolio management company, applicants must submit their application to the Autorité des marchés financiers.The application for authorisation must be accompanied by a file complying with th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 109

…s shall be required to appear, take an oath and give evidence subject to the provisions of Articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code.Any journalist, heard as a witness about information gathered in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales.

Article R1142-10

…Chairman, the Deputy Chairmen, if any, and the members of the Commission, as well as the work that may be entrusted to staff from the Office made available to the Commission pursuant to article L. 11…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 100

…ceipts, expenditure or accounting documents in support of the statements in their declaration. They may not invoke professional secrecy in response to requests for clarification, justification or comm…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration

Article R113-10

The establishment's employees are entitled, after service, to a gross salary calculated on the basis of the index for their classification step. The value of the point is that of the civil service and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 10

…has failed to rule on one or more claims by a civil party who has been duly constituted, the latter may refer the matter back to the court for a ruling on its claim in accordance with articles 710 and…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 267

…or the liquidation and division of property interests, under the conditions laid down in Articles 1361 to 1378 of the Code of Civil Procedure, if it is justified by any means of the disagreements rema…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1098

If a spouse has made to his or her spouse, within the limits of article 1094-1, a gift in property, each of the children who are not descended from both spouses shall have, as far as he or she is conc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article 1038

…foreign nationality as well as that of lack of jurisdiction to hear them are of public order. They may be raised in any case and must be raised ex officio by the judge.

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