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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-17

I. - With the exception of the contribution referred to in Article L. 612-20, the penalty payment provided for in Article L. 612-25 and the penalty payments and sanctions provided for in Articles L. 6…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Non-compliance with conditions governing tax benefits

Article 1739 A

Without prejudice to the taxation of interest unduly exempted under 7° of Article 157, natural persons who have knowingly opened a Livret A in contravention of the provisions of the third paragraph of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-17-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle collects the fees provided for in II of Article L. 123-54 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-17

A jobseeker ceases to be registered on the list of jobseekers or is transferred to the category corresponding to his new situation: 1° Either fails to comply with the obligation to periodically renew…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 18: Psychiatry

Article R6123-175

Psychiatry is practised under the following headings: 1° "Adult psychiatry", providing care for adults; 2° "Child and adolescent psychiatry", providing care for children and adolescents from birth to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-3

At the request of the diplomatic or consular authority with jurisdiction over the place of celebration of the marriage, the hearing and individual interviews with the future spouses referred to in art…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Formalities prior to marriage celebrated abroad by a foreign authority

Article 171-4

Where there are serious indications that the intended marriage is null and void under articles 144, 146, 146-1, 147, 161, 162, 163, 180 or 191, the diplomatic or consular authority shall immediately r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspections by the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire and approved bodies

Article R1333-175

I.-The competent authority may, in special circumstances and by a reasoned decision, ask the person responsible for a nuclear activity to have the verifications provided for in this article carried ou…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Detection of business difficulties by the president of the court

Article R611-17

The request for information provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 611-2 is sent from the expiry of the period provided for in the first paragraph of article R. 611-13. It shall be in writin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Residence conditions for in-patient prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article R3214-17

Articles R. 322-28, R. 322-29 and R. 322-30 of the Penitentiary Code set out the provisions for maintaining relations between prisoners in the specially adapted unit and the outside world.

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