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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Importation of packaged natural mineral waters

Article R1322-44-23

The costs incurred by the procedures for authorising the import of natural mineral water are borne by the applicant.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Cinerary sites

Article R2223-23-3

Authorisation to remove an urn from a plot at a cemetery site is granted by the mayor under the conditions defined in Article R. 2213-40.In cinerary sites not subject to concessions, the deposit and r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Cinerary sites

Article R2223-23-4

Managers of cinerary sites ensure that no documents of a commercial nature are visible, with the exception of the prices of their services.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-23

Environmental judicial officers are appointed from among the persons mentioned in the first and third paragraphs of Article R. 15-33-29-21, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXIa: Tax to finance the local authority support fund

Article 235 ter ZE bis

I. - 1. - The persons referred to in 1° to 4° of A of I of Article L. 612-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code, subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for compl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-23

The National Council shall set the time limits for receipt of tenders, taking into account the complexity of the contract and the time needed by economic operators to prepare their tenders. The minimu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238 bis-0 A

…used an export certificate by the administrative authority, under the conditions set out in article L. 111-4 of the French Heritage Code and for which the State has made the owner of the property an o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XXa: Tax on high-frequency transactions

Article 235 ter ZD bis

…are subject to a tax on high-frequency trading in equity securities, within the meaning of article L. 212-1 A of the Monetary and Financial Code, carried out on own account via automated processing s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I bis : Transfers of assets outside France by companies

Article 238 bis-0 I

I. - A company which has transferred or transfers outside France, directly or indirectly, by itself or through a third party, elements of its assets to a person, to a body, in a trust or in a comparab…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HZ bis

A decree sets out the terms of application of articles 238 bis HV to 238 bis HZ and, in particular, the reporting obligations.

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