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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R6223-21

Apart from the cases provided for by article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to sociétés civiles professionnelles and by article R. 6223-22 imposing special majority conditions, deci…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-56

…de l'image animée pursuant to Article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 173

…rties by the clerk of the court who drew them up or by the technician who drew them up, as the case may be. A mention of this is made on the original.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Execution of investigative measures.

Article 170

Decisions relating to the execution of an investigative measure are not subject to opposition; they may only be appealed or appealed to the Supreme Court at the same time as the judgment on the merits…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24

I. - The allowances voted by municipal councils for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor and member of special delegation acting as deputy mayor are determined by applying to the refer…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the register of travel agents and other operators involved in the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-24

…laration or if the travel operator no longer satisfies the conditions laid down in II of article L. 211-18. The deletion from the register is notified by the Commission to the operator concerned, by a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Chairman

Article R112-24

…oned in 8° of article R. 112-23, the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may delegate his signature, including the prerogatives he holds under article L. 111-3, to the insti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-24

For the loans referred to in Article L. 313-1, the lender shall formulate an offer provided free of charge on paper or on another durable medium to the borrower and to the guarantors declared by the b…

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

Article 248 B

The provisions of articles 92, and 150-0 A are not applicable to exchanges of securities carried out under the loi de nationalisation n° 82-155 du 11 février 1982. In the event of the sale of the secu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article R2224-31

A decree countersigned by the Minister for Infrastructure and the Minister for the Interior may, in accordance with article L. 2224-22, extend the application of the provisions of articles L. 2224-20…

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