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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-321

Any competition between midwives and doctors, pharmacists, medical auxiliaries or any other persons, even those not involved in medicine, is prohibited.Competition is understood to mean intelligence b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Membership

Article L323-2

The only members of a collective management organisation are the rightholders mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-1 and, where applicable, entities grouping rightholders, in particular…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 sexdecies

…they are not taken into account for the assessment of income in the various categories, the sums paid by a taxpayer domiciled in France within the meaning of article 4 B for:a) The employment of an em…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-321

Hospital practitioners practising in the discipline corresponding to a section are eligible to vote. Practitioners in a position of availability are not eligible to vote. Voter status is determined: 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Popular savings.

Article R221-70

I. - The operations authorised within the framework of the People's Savings Plan under the Insurance Code are life insurance operations which come under classes of activity 20, 22, 23 and 26 of articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing certain bodies and companies

Article 1655 septies

I. - Bodies responsible for organising an international sporting competition in France and, where applicable, subsidiaries in which they directly or indirectly hold more than half of the capital are n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 septies

1 Notwithstanding the provisions of article 1681 quinquies and 1 of article 1681 sexies, corporation tax as well as taxes recovered under the same conditions, the business property tax (cotisation fon…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1636 C

The rates of the additional taxes levied for the benefit of the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 321-1 and L. 324-1 of the town planning code are, subject to Article 1636 B octies and th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative approval

Article R382-1

Articles R. 321-4, R. 321-4-1, R. 321-17, R. 321-18 and R. 321-22 apply to the authorisation of supplementary occupational pension funds.For the application of these provisions, the reference to artic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 septies

The amount of the business value added tax, after application of Article 1586 quater, may not, for businesses whose turnover, within the meaning of articles 1586 quinquies and 1586 sexies, exceeds €50…

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