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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R1261-5

Apart from the situations provided for in III and IV of article R. 1261-18, the medical teaching and research activities organised within the body reception structure of the establishment authorised i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-59

Applications drawn up by companies in order to obtain recognition of the innovative nature of their products, processes or techniques, as referred to in article L. 214-30, are submitted to the public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-7

…are metres of open-air water and one person per square metre of covered water. The surface area of diving or snorkelling pools permanently reserved for this purpose is not taken into account when dete…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1058

Deeds, documents and writings relating to the implementation of the land consolidation provided for by the law of 14 April 1947 are, provided they expressly refer to it, exempt from registration dutie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1057

The I of Article 1056 may be invoked on the occasion of transfers of ownership provided for by the Order of 8 September 1945, authorising the direct construction by the State or by associations for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Damaged property

Article 1056

…under the conditions of reinvestment provided for by law;b) By associations syndicales and cooperatives for reconstruction acting under article 16 of law no. 50-531 of 2 June 1950 and by associations…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing certain bodies and companies

Article 1655 sexies

…22 et seq. of the commercial code who does not benefit from the schemes defined in articles 50-0,64 bis and 102 ter of this code may opt to be treated as a single-member limited liability company or a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-10

…1,000 euros and any manual foreign exchange transaction where the customer or his legal representative is not physically present for identification purposes; 5° A transaction carried out with a perso…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular retirement savings plan

Article L144-2

…governed by article L. 141-1 , the execution of which is linked to the cessation of professional activity and which is subscribed by an association governed by article L. 141-7 called a popular retire…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular retirement savings plan

Article L144-3

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the technical rules and conditions for the application of this chapter, in particular the clauses that must be included in these contracts and the article…

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