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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financing Corsica's sustainable development plan

Article R4425-7

…or the establishment of the sustainable development plan for Corsica referred to in Article L. 4424-9, the special contribution from the general decentralisation grant provided for in article L. 4425-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-39

…5 are not subject to the additional registration or secondary registration provided for by articles 9 and 20 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the register of commerce and companies. How…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-8

…1, L. 5126-5 to L. 5126-8 and L. 5126-10, as well as the activities provided for in Article R. 5126-9 which it is authorised to carry out in application of the provisions of this chapter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-13

…itment and registered for more than three months as a job seeker, when recruitment took place after 9 June 1992 and before 28 May 2003;7° bis Termination of the employment contract of an employee who…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: National register of persons prohibited from managing assets

Article R128-6

…lly authorised by the Director General;j) The civil servants and agents mentioned in Article L. 222-9 of the Energy Code.2° Pursuant to 4° of the same article: staff of the departmental and regional c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Capital gains realised by individuals

Article 248 F

…re not applicable in the context of the transactions provided for in 1° of Article 5 of Law no. 86-793 of 2 July 1986 and Title IV of the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains realised by companies

Article 248 E

When securities, mentioned in Articles 5 and 6 of Law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 or the profit participation certificates referred to in amended Article 1 of the same law, appear on the balance sheet…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-18-2

…ents in the light of the information available pursuant to Articles L. 420-17, L. 533-18-1, L. 533-19 and L. 533-33.Each investment service provider other than an asset management company recognised a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-20-2

…re for identifying deceased persons, provided for by the article 1 of the aforementioned decree no. 97-109 of 6 February 1997. At the request or by order of the competent magistrate, they are made ava…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3351-1

…0-1 In Title IL. 3111-1 to L. 3113-2L. 3113-2-1 and L. 3113-3Resulting from Order no. 2022-1336 of 19 October 2022L. 3114-1 to L. 3114-7L. 3114-9 and L. 3114-10 In Title IIL. 3120-1 to L. 3125-5L. 312…

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