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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-15

I.-The administrative authority may, as long as the public prosecution has not been initiated and after having obtained the agreement of the public prosecutor, compromise on the prosecution of contrav…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F sexies

…ncil may, by deliberation, reduce the rate of land registration tax or registration fees by up to 0.70% where the following conditions are met:1° The transfer is part of a transaction consisting of:a)…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-15

For the application of Article R. 211-14, the insurance undertaking must issue, free of charge, a supporting document for each of the vehicles covered by the policy. If the policy cover applies to bot…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Issue of residence permits

Article R233-15

Family members who are third-country nationals mentioned in article L. 233-2 must submit their application for a residence permit with their valid passport within three months of their entry into Fran…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-155

I.-The Director General of the Agency may ask the regional pharmacovigilance centres to carry out any pharmacovigilance investigations and work.He may also ask the drug dependence and addictovigilance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial organisational provisions specific to Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris

Article R6147-15

I. - Where the budget includes a provisional main profit and loss account in deficit, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall forward it within thirty days of receipt to the Ministers…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-3

…33 of the Penal Code, when committed with the aggravating circumstance provided for in article 132-76 of the same code, in 4° of article 222-33-2-2 of the said code, when committed with the aggravati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information requirements

Article L561-15

…shall be made in writing. However, except in the case of the persons referred to in Article L. 561-17, it may be collected verbally by the department referred to in Article L. 561-23, under conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 ter

…d out under a trust agreement who carry out an activity under the conditions set out in articles 1447 et 1447 bis and whose turnover exceeds €152,500 are subject to the business value added contributi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…in the schedule provided for in Article L. 123-12, the companies mentioned in 1° of Article L. 233-17 are exempt from the obligation to draw up consolidated accounts and a report on the management of…

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