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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-8

Any health professional, regardless of the type of practice, health establishments and medico-social establishments, the armed forces health service and any other care or prevention organisations may,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Use of the account for a professional retraining project

Article L4163-8-1

When the holder of the professional prevention account decides to mobilise all or part of the points registered in the account for the use mentioned in 4° of the I of article L. 4163-7, these points a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions for hunting accidents occurring in mainland France.

Article L421-8

The guarantee fund set up by article L. 421-1 is responsible for compensating for personal injury caused by all acts of hunting or destruction of animals likely to cause damage in those parts of the t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-8

The Minister responsible for the economy shall specify the conditions for the application of articles L. 532-6 and L. 532-7. In particular, it shall set the terms and conditions under which :a) Decisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-2

The application file for approval includes: 1° In the case of a sole proprietorship, a declaration stating its name, its activity, its address, the address of its secondary establishments and the civi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 87

Constitution de partie civile may take place at any time during the investigation. It may be contested by the public prosecutor or by a party. In the event of a challenge, or if he declares the civil…

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

Article D233-16-1

I. - The threshold provided for in I of article L. 233-28-1 is that set out in I of article D. 232-8-1. II. - The threshold provided for in II of article L. 233-28-2 is that set out in II of article D…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

I.-The provisions of Chapter III, Title II, Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the tables reproduced below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-h…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-67

…ave an automatic cinema production account, they must either have exhausted their investment possibilities under this account, or have less than €800,000 in the account. In the latter case, production…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-8

I. - Local authorities and their groupings may grant aid to encourage healthcare professionals to set up or remain in areas defined in application of 1° of article L. 1434-4 of the Public Health Code.…

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