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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 64

…justifying the placement in police custody, in accordance with 1° to 6° of l'article 62-2 ; 2° The duration of the hearings of the person in police custody and the rest periods between these hearings…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-6

For the processing mentioned in articles 65 and 72 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties, the provision of data from the components of the na…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-636

The age limit for practitioners governed by the provisions of this section is set at sixty-seven years for practitioners born on or after 1 January 1955. As a transitional measure, the age limit appli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 13: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-637

…ay benefit from an extension of their activity under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 6152-424 to R. 6152-427.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-6

…n de soutien à l'investissement des départements;- the resources provided for in article 113 of the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 précitée;- the appropriations corresponding to the abolition of the mu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 678

Where they are neither exempted nor tariffed by any other article of this code, judicial decisions and deeds containing provisions subject to land registration referred to in Article 677 are subject t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 680

All transactions that are neither exempted nor priced by any other article of this code and that cannot give rise to proportional or progressive taxation are subject to a fixed tax of €125. The transa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tariffs and their application

Article 681

The rates of the land registration tax are applicable for the liquidation of registration duties due on the basis of provisions subject to land registration in judicial decisions and deeds excluded fr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 672

Sont affranchies de la pluralité édictée par article 671, in civil deeds, provisions that are independent and not subject to proportional or progressive taxation. Where a deed contains several indepen…

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