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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article R721-21

…ions relating to cheque accounts and the declarations relating to safes provided for in Article R. 721-22 for the sole purpose of carrying out the duties assigned to it by Article L. 721-24 and Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-17

…or his heirs, after deduction of the benefits listed inarticle 29 of the aforementioned law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 and, more generally, compensation of any kind received or to be received from oth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-17

…n the context of medically assisted procreation for a parental project in application of article L. 2141-1 is consulted each calendar year in writing as to whether he/she wishes to continue with this…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1725

…rty by de facto means, without claiming any rights over the leased property; except that the lessee may sue them in his own name.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assessment of the borrower's solvency

Article L312-17

…nce communication technique, an information sheet separate from the sheet referred to in Article L. 312-12 is provided by the creditor or credit intermediary to the borrower. This information sheet, d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-17

…ency, at its request, the information required to carry out the tasks set out in 1° of Article L. 1431-2 and Article L. 1435-7.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3a: Other penalties for serious breaches of the law

Article 1731 bis

1. For income tax purposes, the deficits referred to in I of article 156 and tax reductions may not be offset against the increases and duties giving rise to the application of one of the increases pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Rights increases

Article 1758 A

…a request from the administration;b) Or when the increases provided for by b and c of 1 of article 1728, by article 1729 or by the a in l'article 1732.III. - The increase provided for in I applies to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-17

…sultation within the team. When the multidisciplinary team meets in application of 2° of article R. 2131-10, a doctor chosen by the woman is involved, at her request, in the consultation mentioned abo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-17

…e opinion of the Director General of the French Accreditation Committee. However, the authorisation may only be suspended or withdrawn, except in the event of immediate danger to public health, after…

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