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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable in the event of a finding that does not allow the ticket to be issued immediately

Article A37-16

…drawal of driving licence point(s) and containing the information specified in III of Article A. 37-9, if necessary in a different order. However, the provisions of this paragraph do not apply if the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-47

…g that the health professionals involved in the activities mentioned in 2° of I of Article R. 2142-39; 2° Gathering, keeping and making accessible the information communicated to it relating to incide…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 7 : Applications for plant variety certificates relating to national defence

Article R623-44

…ties belonging to species included in the list established by order made pursuant to article L. 623-9, the procedures provided for by articles R. 623-16 to R. 623-30 may not be initiated during the pe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: RIGHT OF ASYLUM AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION

Article R240-1

…of the provisions of article R. 521-7, the provisions relating to fingerprinting in article R. 521-9 and the provisions of Title VII.The provisions of articles D. 521-12, R. 522-1, R. 522-2, D. 531-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions relating to voluntary termination of pregnancy outside health establishments

Article R2212-10

…edication carried out by a doctor or midwife under the agreement mentioned in 1° of article R. 2212-9 are carried out until the end of the seventh week of pregnancy. The doctor or midwife will monitor…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-1

I. - From 2020, the share of the development grant mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2334-13 and intended for the communes of the overseas departments, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Territorial economic contribution rebate

Article 1647 C quinquies B

…bers of trade and crafts that would have been due in respect of 2010 under this code in force at 31 December 2009, with the exception of the flat-rate coefficients determined in application of article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-3

…reserves of contracts in categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12 and 16 mentioned in article A. 344-2 at 31 December of the previous financial year; and- the sum of technical interest allocated to the contrac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-12

…ount for the implementation of the provisions set out in articles L. 1424-35, L. 2531-13 et L. 4434-9 and for the settlement of allocations under the Value Added Tax Compensation Fund provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-4

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 706-53-9 and 706-53-10, the information mentioned in Article 706-53-2 concerning the same person shall be removed from the file on th…

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