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Showing 11011110 of 61096 articles for Art. L 143-20 · CA Paris 2 November 1923 · CA Paris 4 December 1912

French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 quater C

1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from an income tax credit in respect of expenditure actually incurred, between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2025, for t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional private equity funds.

Article R214-206-1

Articles R. 214-203-1 to R. 214-203-9 apply to professional private equity funds.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-7

When the beneficiary of health insurance is an unemancipated minor or an adult subject to a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person, the rights provided for in this sub-sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-20-5

The orders referred to in Article L. 561-11 shall provide for at least one of the following measures: 1° Prohibiting the establishment in France of subsidiaries, branches or representative offices of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-20-1

If no response is received by the end of the period for examining the application for authorisation referred to in Article R. 1125-17 , this shall be deemed to constitute rejection. Silence on the exp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article D47-1-20

For the purposes of Article 694-48, where the issuing State requests, under a European Investigation Order, the hearing of a person by videoconference, the practical arrangements for the hearing, whic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-1

I. - Prior to the prescription, under the conditions laid down in Article R. 1131-5, of an examination of genetic characteristics likely to identify a genetic anomaly which may be responsible for a se…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-7-20

When the implementation of an authorised project does not require planning permission, the authorisation lapses for those halls and spectator places which have not been put into operation within three…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-20-1

I. - The medical services mentioned in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3115-8 and in the second paragraph of article L. 3115-9 contribute to the primary care services defined in article L. 1411-11.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-5

The holder of the pharmaceutical record may object to the health professional referred to in article L. 1111-23 consulting or adding to his/her pharmaceutical record at the time of treatment. The heal…

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