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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publicising and monitoring early access authorisations

Article R5121-73

…enewal and modification of early access, summaries of the summary reports mentioned in Article R. 5121-70-1 and any annexes thereto under the conditions mentioned in the present section, and informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Association with the public hospital service

Article R6112-7

Private establishments authorised to carry out the care activity mentioned in 14° of article R. 6122-25 are associated with the public hospital service. An amendment to their multiannual contract of o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-9

…d, fails, without legitimate reason, to attend the adversarial hearing provided for by the articles 712-6 or 712-7, the sentence enforcement judge or the sentence enforcement court may rule in his abs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisional arrest.

Article 728-68

At any time, the person may ask the liberty and custody judge, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 148-6 and 148-7, his release or the lifting of judicial supervision or house arrest…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-7

…is increase.The provisions of the first paragraph do not apply to contracts mentioned in article L. 141-1 taken out by the bodies mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 141-6.Insurance in the e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 784 A

In the cases defined in 1° and 3° of Article 750 ter, the amount of tax on free transfers paid, where applicable, outside France may be offset against the tax payable in France. This deduction is limi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 76

…home visits and seizures of exhibits or property whose confiscation is provided for in article 131-21 of the Penal Code may not be carried out without the express consent of the person at whose premi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa - Brokerage of medicinal products

Article R5124-75

…ent of non-compliance with the obligations set out in article L. 5124-20 and in this chapter, which may be identified following an inspection, the Director General of the Agency may prohibit the broke…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Tariff

Article 777

…uties applicable in direct line : FRACTION OF NET TAXABLE SHARE TARIFF applicable (%) Not exceeding 8,072 5 Between € 8,072 and € 12,109 10 Between € 12,109 109 and €15,932 15 Ranging between €15,932…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Special rules relating to real estate investment funds

Article L214-73

In accordance with the conditions set out in the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, a property investment fund is set up by a portfolio management company responsible for its…

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