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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO PART TWO

Article Annexe 22-2

…ORS PRACTISING IN HEALTH CENTRES CARRY OUT VOLUNTARY INTERRUPTION OF PREGNANCY BY INSTRUMENTAL METHOD. BETWEEN The health establishment located at represented by Mr or Mrs duly authorised in their cap…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-27

The drawing up of an inventory of fixtures at a cost shared between the lessor and the lessee listed under number 112 in table 3-1 gives rise to the collection of a fee based on the surface area of th…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-2-2

…de l'environnement, be made available to the public only in the territory of the commune(s) concerned.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…shall be drawn up mentioning the place and the dates and times when these operations began and ended. A copy will be given to the person concerned and another copy will be forwarded without delay to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-2

The descriptive file provided for in Article L. 5138-1 and accompanying the declaration shall be sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by any means capable of…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Deductions

Article 271

…oices, import declarations or other documents on the basis of which the taxable amount was calculated. However, in the cases provided for in b of this 2, taxpayers who have not entered the amount of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-2-2

When it appears to the statutory auditor that the urgency requires the adoption of immediate measures and the manager refuses to do so or indicates that he is considering measures that the statutory a…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions.

Article 260

…icient on site or in French ports closer than the home ports of the foreign tugs that may be required. 4. Foreign tugs are permitted to enter French ports, either when they are towing vessels or barge…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2437

Cancellation not consented to shall be applied for in the court within whose jurisdiction the entry was made, except where that entry was made as security for a possible or indeterminate sentence, on…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 2438

Removal must be ordered by the courts, where the registration has been made without being founded either on the law or on a title, or where it has been made by virtue of a title that is either irregul…

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