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French General Tax CodeIn force
Va: Dation in payment

Article 1716 bis

I. - Free transfer duties, real estate wealth tax and partition duty may be paid by handing over works of art, books, collectors' items, documents, of high artistic or historical value, or real estate…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Data retention

Article R142-21

Any file that has not been updated within five years of the recording of the first data it contains shall be deleted, except in the following cases: 1° A file containing data relating to a residence p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Expenses

Article L4425-29

The compulsory expenditure of the Corsican collectivity includes:1° Expenditure relating to the operation of the bodies of the Corsican collectivity and the upkeep of its administrative buildings;2° F…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-15

In order to organise collaboration between medical professionals competent in imaging, the regional health agency may, at the request of the professionals concerned, authorise the creation of shared m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Hospital practitioners.

Article L6152-5-1

I.-When there is a risk that they will enter into direct competition with the public health establishment in which they were mainly practising, the practitioners mentioned in article L. 6151-1, in 1°…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article D1111-8

For the application of Article L. 1111-11:1° An investment operation corresponds to a set of acquisitions of tangible fixed assets, work on tangible fixed assets and related study costs;2° Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article R1423-55

The employment tribunal activities referred to in Article L. 1442-5 are : 1° The following activities relating to the role of employee representative: a) Taking the oath ; b) Setting up the industrial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Board of Directors.

Article R1142-46

The Board of Directors shall define the general principles relating to offers of compensation to be made by the Office. With regard to the damages referred to in articles L. 1142-24-1, L. 1142-24-9, L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-4

I. - Each Specialised Commission shall meet when convened by the Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers or at the request of half of its members. In the event of absence, the Chairman of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounts and deposits

Article R754-1

…m the decreeR. 312-1no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018R. 312-1-2no. 2018-970 of 8 November 2018R. 312-4-1n° 2013-931 of 17 October 2013R. 312-4-2n° 2016-1811 of 22 December 2016R. 312-4-3n° 2020-889 of 20…

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