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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-10-1

I. - The Regional or Inter-Regional Council, under the supervision of the National Council, fulfils, at regional level, the general responsibilities of the Association as defined in article L. 4322-7.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-10

Publication of a work entails transfer of the reprographic reproduction right to a collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III and approved for this purpose by the Minister res…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Consultation with the State

Article L1311-10

These proposed property transactions include: 1° Leases, amicable agreements and agreements of any kind for the purpose of renting buildings of any kind for an annual rent, including charges, equal to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Dissolution

Article L22-10-73

The liability action against the directors or the managing director mentioned in article L. 225-252 may be exercised by an association meeting the conditions set out in Article L. 22-10-44.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-9

The Autorité des marchés financiers may make a public statement mentioning any person responsible for a breach of European regulations, laws, regulations or professional rules approved by the Autorité…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1743

If the lessor sells the leased property, the purchaser may not evict the farmer, sharecropper or lessee who has an authentic lease or one whose date is certain.He may, however, evict the lessee of non…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Vigilance of the health products mentioned in 18° and 19° of Article L. 5311-1

Article R5232-17

Vigilance includes: 1° For user healthcare professionals mentioned in Article L. 5232-4, the reporting to the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des produits de santé of any incident consisting of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1123-19

I.-As an exception to the provisions of Article 3 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the Committees for the Protection of Individuals are subject…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735

I. - Failure to comply with the obligations of Article L. 96 A of the Book of Tax Procedures. The rate of the fine is reduced to 5% when the offender establishes that the State has not suffered any pr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quater : Tax reduction for interest on deferred payment granted when a farm is transferred

Article 199 vicies A

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes within the meaning of Article 4 B benefit from a reduction in income tax on the interest received in respect of the deferred payment they grant to far…

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