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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: Medical activity

Article R6123-151

…dren and adolescents, the holder of the authorisation is not authorised to care for adult patients. II. - Exceptionally, depending on the needs for care, the holder of an authorisation allowing the ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-68

…limit on the amount to guarantee the commitments made by controlled companies within the meaning of II of article L. 233-16. The Board may also authorise the Executive Board to grant, in the aggregate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-10

…licy towards the company or to obtaining control of the company are deemed to be acting in concert. II.-Such an agreement is presumed to exist: 1° Between a company, the chairman of its board of direc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets

Article R236-7

…each of the companies involved in the merger decide otherwise under the conditions provided for in II of Article L. 236-10, the shareholder information provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Art…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-40

…esentative in the department, granted after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environmental Code and an opinion from the departmental commission…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 223 quinquies C

…olled by a legal entity established in a State or territory not included in the list referred to in II and which would be required to file the declaration referred to in 1 if it were established in Fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 decies G bis

…t from a reduction in income tax in respect of expenses actually incurred for the work mentioned in II of this article, adopted from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019 at a general meeting of co-owner…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to elections to the various disciplinary boards and chambers

Article R4125-20

…andidates or candidates whose term of office expires at the end of three or six years respectively. II - In the event of an election for all the members of the Disciplinary Chambers, in order to allow…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions specific to the modality: "external radiotherapy, brachytherapy".

Article D6124-133-11

…with another holder or authorised radiotherapy centre by setting up a joint team as referred to in II of Article D. 6124-133. 2° To guarantee continuity of radiotherapy treatment for the patients it…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 204 D

…enefits, distributions, net gains or income mentioned in the last paragraph of article 80, to I and II of Article 80 bis, in the I of Article 80 quaterdecies and Articles 80 quindecies, to 2° of b qui…

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