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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-19

…d Financial Code or the company referred to in Article L. 214-61 of the Monetary and Financial Code may not pay any commission to the insurance company offering the said contract or to a company belon…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-19

Within the meaning of Article L. 612-4, in particular, may be included in the same patent application, either: 1° An independent claim for a product, an independent claim for a process specially desig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-19

…ter provided for in article R. 123-220 of the French Commercial Code. Where justified by specific local circumstances, the Union's Articles of Association may provide for the creation of one or more l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-19

…eral policy of the municipality is organised at the next meeting of the municipal council. The application of the second paragraph may not give rise to the organisation of more than one debate per yea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General-purpose professional funds.

Article R214-193

…sulting from financial contracts, transactions for the temporary sale or purchase of securities, or cash borrowings, may be up to three times its assets.III. - The 100% limit mentioned in 2° of II of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-19

Subject to the provisions of article L. 5122-3, the number of hours which may justify the allocation of the partial activity allowance corresponds to the difference between the legal working time over…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° quater : Tax reduction for investments in social hotel residences

Article 199 decies I

…troduced for taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B who acquire, between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010, a dwelling forming part of a social purpose hotel residence defin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-19

…t shall state the time at which the meeting opened and closed, the number of votes obtained by each candidate and the result of the election. It shall mention any complaints and the reasoned decisions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV bis : The Great Customary Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations

Article L7124-19

…Council of the Amerindian and Bushinenge populations, the territorial collectivity of French Guiana may create a public establishment for cultural and environmental cooperation, a public establishment…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-19

The State may obtain ex officio, at any time, for the needs of national defence, a licence for the exploitation of an invention, which is the subject of a patent application or patent, whether such ex…

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