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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-1

Research organised and carried out on human beings with a view to developing biological or medical knowledge is authorised under the conditions set out in this Book and is hereinafter referred to as "…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-76

I.-In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the executive director(s) and the remuneration of the members of the supervisory board are determined in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L811-10

…ointed administrator or a profession provided for in Title IV bis of Act no. 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 précitée ou l'acquisition de locaux pour cet exercice. A court-appointed administrator may also…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

I. - At the request of the taxpayer, income tax on long-term capital gains realised by a sole proprietorship on the sale for valuable consideration of all fixed assets allocated to the exercise of a p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163 bis G

…ticle L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financial Code in its version prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equity funds, soci…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R445-3

…re replaced by references to the minimum wage; 5° In articles R. 421-3, R. 421-4, R. 426-16, R. 426-19 and R. 431-14, references to the provisions of the Labour Code are replaced by references to loca…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…to the provisions with the same purpose applicable locally; 8° The last sentence of Article L. 423-19 is deleted; 9° The first paragraph of Article L. 424-2 reads as follows: "After submitting their…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

…fficers [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023]. In the event of any difficulty encountered in the performance of these duties, in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-47

…ovisional incarceration of the sentenced person pursuant to the first two paragraphs of Article 712-19. If the adversarial hearing is not held before the president or the judge designated by him withi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article L661-1

…626-33;6° bis Decisions ruling on the appointment of an agent provided for in 1° of article L. 631-19-2 and on the transfer of all or part of the shareholding provided for in 2° of the same article,…

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