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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-1

The economic operators referred to in paragraph 35 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 are required to register under the conditions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Enforcement of pre-trial detention

Article R57-5-1

The investigating judge may decide to place an adult in judicial isolation at any time during the investigation procedure. When referring the matter to the liberty and custody judge for the purposes o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I A: Price and income observatories.

Article D910-1 C

I.-In Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana and La Réunion, the observatory of prices, margins and incomes mentioned in article L. 910-1 C in addition to its chairman, comprises the following members:…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Commitment and common provisions (R)

Article R3341-2-1

The appropriations allocated to expenditure for each financial year may not be used to pay expenditure for another financial year. However, expenditure committed but not mandated at the close of the f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article L2563-1-1

The proceeds of the increase in overseas France of the tax on air passenger transport provided for in Article L. 422-30 of the code of taxes on goods and services collected on boardings made in the re…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 199 unvicies

…d 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capital increases of companies defined in Article 238 bis HE.The benefit of the tax reduction is subject to approval of the company's capital by the minis…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Warranty of defects in the goods sold.

Article 1646-1

The seller of a building to be constructed is bound, as from acceptance of the work, by the obligations to which architects, contractors and other persons bound to the client by a contract for the hir…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

…apted to the specific characteristics of local rental markets.IV. - Subject to the provisions of IV bis, the tax reduction applies exclusively to housing located in communes classified, by order of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics.

Article L1412-1-1

I.-A public debate in the form of Estates General shall precede any proposed reform of the ethical problems and social issues mentioned in article L. 1412-1. These are organised on the initiative of t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical certificate and health questionnaire

Article D231-1-4-1

For minors, with a view to obtaining or renewing a licence or registering for a sporting competition as referred to in article L. 231-2-1, the athlete and the persons exercising parental authority mus…

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