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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: State services transferred and made available to the Corsican regional authority

Article R4422-32

…22-31 are borne by the Corsican local authority under the conditions provided for in Title I of law n° 85-1098 of 11 October 1985 relating to the assumption of responsibility by the State, the departm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees.

Article L225-187-1

…225-194 and article L. 225-197 remain applicable as they stood prior to the publication of the loi n° 2001-152 du 19 février 2001 sur l'épargne salariale jusqu'à l'expiration d'un délai de cinq ans à…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R261-2

…ronic communications operators as well as the legal persons providing services mentioned by the loi n° 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique. "4° Social organisations. "

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-132

…companied by updated information on the justification for the use of ionising radiation sources, products or devices containing such sources as referred to in Articles R. 1333-114 and R. 1333-123 and…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-2

…421-51R. 421-55 and R. 421-56R. 421-58 to R. 421-60R. 422-1 to R. 422-5R. 422-7 to R. 422-9R. 422-11 and R. 422-12R. 423-1 to R. 423-5R. 424-1R. 424-4R. 424-7R. 424-11R. 425-1 to R. 425-8R. 425-10 t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-12-4

…he two preceding articles, the High Council is exempt from the application of the provisions of loi n° 68-678 du 26 juillet 1968 relative à la communication de documents et renseignements d'ordre écon…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-9

…t medical professionals and medical auxiliaries to carry out its missions as defined in article L. 6111-1 and, subject to the institution being authorised to provide the public hospital service, the m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-8-1

…e European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 if it is class 1a, or from Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 if it is class 2 or clas…

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

Article 1609 G

It is instituted, for the benefit of the Société du Grand Paris public establishment created by the article 7 of law no. 2010-597 of 3 June 2010 relative to Greater Paris, a special equipment tax inte…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-2

…ns prévues à l'article L. 771-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans leur rédaction indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICL…

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