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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventive examinations during and after pregnancy.

Article L2122-3

…of the father-to-be is also carried out, accompanied, if necessary, by appropriate additional tests and examinations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Preventive examinations during and after pregnancy.

Article L2122-2

…book at the time of the first prenatal examination. An interministerial decree determines the model and method of use of this booklet, which must include the results of the examinations prescribed in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-13

…nies whose shares are admitted, in whole or in part, to trading on a regulated market, shall attach and file with the Autorité des marchés financiers the half-yearly report provided for in the third p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-11

…tements bearing the certificate of the statutory auditors. The information provided for in 5°,6°,7° and 8° of Article R. 233-14 may be omitted if it appears in the consolidated accounts filed with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Acquisitions of participating interests

Article L465-4

…es applicable to breaches of the obligation to disclose significant shareholdings are set out in 1° and 2° of I and III of article L. 247-1 and in article L. 247-2 of the French Commercial Code, repro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: General provisions

Article 808 A

I. - Transactions subject to capital duty or land registration tax and concerning capital companies are taxable in France when the effective place of management or the registered office is located the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 1379 bis

The taxation and assessment rules, as well as those relating to the filing of returns, provided for by this code with regard to direct local taxes for the taxpayers mentioned in the second paragraph o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B : Assessment procedure

Article 1511

…e is only admissible if the signatory or signatories own more than half of the surface area of the land to which the disputed rates apply. Where the application concerns wooded property belonging to n…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B : Assessment procedure

Article 1510

…istration. The mayor must, within five days of notification, have them posted at the town hall door and send the tax administration a certificate stating that this formality has been completed.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Witnesses

Article R124

…public prosecutor or pursuant to an order made ex officio in the cases provided for in articles 283 and 310.

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