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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-15

Hospital pharmacy assistants may use their evidence of formal qualifications in the language of the State which issued them. He must indicate the place and establishment where it was obtained. In the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resources.

Article R512-15

…f repayments are not made within three months, except in exceptional circumstances approved in each case by the Board of Directors of the central body of Crédit Agricole. For the duration of the delay…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-15

Company shares are freely transferable between members. They may only be transferred to third parties with the consent of all the shareholders. If the transferee's consent is refused, the shareholders…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presumption of absence

Article 113

The judge may appoint one or more parents or relatives, or, where applicable, any other persons to represent the person presumed absent in the exercise of his rights or in any act in which he may be i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1190

…ision excluding certain documents from the consultation pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article 1187 shall be notified within eight days to the only party who requested it. In all cases, notice of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-15

The sums collected by a company savings plan may be allocated to the acquisition of : 1° Securities issued by open-ended investment companies governed by articles L. 214-7 to L. 214-7-4 and L. 214-24-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Permanent exemptions

Article 15

…ect to income tax.This exemption also applies to premises included in agricultural holdings and allocated to the dwellings of the owner-managers.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Non-deduction of income tax

Article 153

For the determination of the net income referred to in I to VIIa of this sub-section, income tax is not allowed as a deduction.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Determination of income from foreign assets

Article 151

For the application of in article L. 69 of the Book of Tax Procedures, the tax on income from foreign assets is calculated by multiplying the amount of these assets by the average annual gross yield o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VI: Contradiction.

Article 15

The parties must make known to each other in good time the grounds of fact on which they base their claims, the evidence they produce and the pleas in law they rely on, so that each is in a position t…

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