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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-22-1

…ticle, the catchment area corresponds to the drinking water catchment area referred to inarticle L. 211-3 of the Environment Code. Failing this, it corresponds to: 1° In the absence of a defined catch…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article R2531-22-1

I.- Ile-de-France Mobilités may request that the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or Article L. 723-3 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1st Subsection: General provisions

Article 223 A bis

I. - By way of exception to the first sentence of the first paragraph of I of Article 223 A, when a public industrial and commercial establishment subject to corporation tax under ordinary law draws u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Disciplinary proceedings

Article R1442-22-14

…are special circumstances likely to prejudice the interests of justice, access to the hearing room may be prohibited for all or part of the hearing, if necessary ex officio, by the Chairman. The comm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the investigating, trial, sentence enforcement and secure detention courts

Article R*49-22

…mber and which is stamped by the registrar indicating the day on which it was lodged. This document may also be filed with the registry of the investigating judge, the liberty and custody judge or the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Obligations of legal persons

Article 223 quinquies B

…luding tax or gross assets shown on the balance sheet is greater than or equal to 50 million euros; 2° Or holding at the close of the financial year, directly or indirectly, more than half of the capi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-22

…the exercise of religion and permission to leave under escort or mobile electronic surveillance. He may only impose such restrictions on the exercise of these rights as are strictly necessary for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Apprenticeship contract preparing for the vocational baccalaureate

Article L6222-22-1

An apprentice preparing for a vocational baccalaureate may, at his own request or that of his employer, at the end of the first year of the contract, continue his training with a view to obtaining a v…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XVII ter: Taxation of real estate investment funds

Article 239 nonies

…ional undertakings for collective real estate investment, referred to in paragraph 3 of sub-section 2 of section 2 and in sub-paragraph 2 of paragraph 1 of sub-section 3 of section 2 of Chapter IV of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Regime for the press and its suppliers

Article 298 nonies

…advance payment or the price is collected in respect of sales of publications designated in article 298 septies as well as sales of paper by companies involved in building up, maintaining and financin…

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