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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4331-9

The Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health will issue the authorisation to practise provided for in article L. 4331-4, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission for O…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-9

I. Where the sales or transfers of goodwill include pledged trademarks or service marks, industrial designs or models and software exploitation rights and where the pledges of such goodwill include pa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D589-1

The digital procedural file provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article 801-1 is made up of the documents mentioned in the first paragraph of this article received, drawn up or converted by t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 quinvicies

The provisions of the second paragraph of 2° of article 83, of a bis, a ter, b bis of 18° and 18° bis of article 81, of article 163 bis AA and du d du 1 du I de l'article 163 quatervicies do not apply…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Interventional activities under medical imaging in neuroradiology.

Article D6124-149-1

Ongoing care and continuity of care are provided by a doctor who fulfils the conditions mentioned in 1° of I of article D. 6124-149 and a doctor specialising in anaesthesia and intensive care. The doc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article R3541-1

I. - Articles R. 3313-1 to R. 3313-7 are not applicable to the Department of Mayotte. II. - As stated in II of Article R. 4437-2, Articles R. 4313-1 to R. 4313-4 are applicable to the Department of Ma…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

Article R362-2

The following provisions do not apply 1° Section 1 of Chapter I of Title I ; 2° Section 1 of Chapter IV of Title II; 3° Chapter II of Title IV of this Book.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Simplified tax regimes

Article 302 septies A ter B

The provisions of article 302 septies A bis are not applicable to natural or legal persons or to legal or de facto groupings of persons who carry out an occult activity within the meaning of the secon…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 724

I. - Treaties or agreements having as their object the transfer for valuable consideration of an office are subject to a registration duty determined in accordance with the tariff provided for in Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article R5211-12-1

For the application of the eighth paragraph of article L. 5211-29, the share of tax potential corresponding to the perimeter of agglomeration communities resulting from the transformation of a new agg…

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