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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral and burial regulations

Article R2213-1-2

I. - Subject to the exceptions provided for in article R. 2213-1-4, the doctor, student or practitioner who recorded the death shall, as soon as possible, draw up a certificate on an electronic medium…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-2

Unless they are employed by a clerk of several commercial courts, salaried commercial court clerks may only carry out their duties within a single office.They may carry out the tasks devolved to comme…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of dental surgeons.

Article R4127-215-1

I. - Dental surgeons are free to communicate to the public, by any means, including on an Internet site, information likely to contribute to the patient's free choice of practitioner, relating in part…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings for judgment

Article 1564-2

Subject to the provisions of Article 2067 of the Civil Code, where the preparation of the case has enabled a full agreement to be reached on the substance of the dispute, the application for homologat…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater L

I. - Agricultural businesses benefit from a tax credit in respect of each of the years 2011 to 2025 during which at least 40% of their revenue comes from activities mentioned in Article 63 under the o…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-16

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the events and that proposes, through its articles of association, to combat drug addiction or drug trafficking may…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-7-2

To impose the suspension provided for in articles L. 335-7 and L. 335-7-1 and determine the length of the sentence, the court shall take into account the circumstances and seriousness of the offence,…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-7-2

When the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, the High Authority for Health, the Minister for Health or the European Medicines Agency refers a non-interventional research p…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-15-2

I. - When an eligible financial security or money market instrument referred to in article L. 214-20 includes a financial contract which simultaneously meets the three conditions mentioned below, the…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Gender equality in the workplace

Article R2242-2-1

The action plan referred to in article L. 2242-3 is filed by the employer under the conditions set out in article D. 2231-4.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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