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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Filing

Article D3345-3

…int request or when a unilateral decision is taken according to the procedure provided for in 1° of II of article L. 3312-5, a certificate from the employer stating that he has not been notified of an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transfers of funds

Article L722-4

…ssets and securities, in particular those made to a passbook account, an account mentioned in Title II of Book II, a term account or a securities account mentioned in Chapter I of Title I of Book II,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R4322-20

…y chambers of the Order of chiropodists are those laid down by the provisions of Chapter V of Title II of Book I for elections to the councils and disciplinary chambers of the orders of the medical pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article D47-6-18

…validates training in at least one of the following subjects: I.-Penal law and criminal procedure; II.-Criminology; III.-History; IV.-Sociology; V.-Psychology; VI.-Anthropology; VII.-Security and def…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R733-17

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-8

…anté may suspend or withdraw a compassionate access authorisation if the conditions laid down in I, II and V of Article L. 5121-12-1 or the provisions of this section are not complied with, or for any…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies C

…t for inter-municipal cooperation or a public establishment or association mentioned in Chapters I, II and IV of Title II of Book III of the Town Planning Code may, on option, not be taxed on the exch…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-11

…eir consent, persons deprived of their liberty, persons under psychiatric care pursuant to Chapters II to IV of Title I of Book II of Part Three of this Code or Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° bis: Real estate investment funds

Article 137 ter

I. - Income relating to the assets mentioned in b of 1° of II of article L. 214-81 of the Monetary and Financial Code received by a real estate investment fund referred to in article 239 nonies of thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-6

…the official receiver rules on an application for authorisation submitted by the debtor pursuant to II of Article L. 622-7, the court clerk shall summon the debtor, the administrator, where one has be…

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