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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-26

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SPORTS CODE 1. Head protection items : - helmets intended for sports use with, where appropriate, their chin straps, with the exception o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 293 A quater

I.-In accordance with 4° of 2 of Article 293 A, the persons mentioned in II who lodge the import declaration or who appoint the person who lodges the declaration for this purpose may opt to be liable…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XI ter: Taxation of certain public limited companies, simplified joint stock companies and limited liability companies. Opting for the partnership system

Article 239 bis AB

…joint stock companies (sociétés par actions simplifiées) and limited liability companies (sociétés à responsabilité limitée), the securities of which are not admitted to trading on a financial instru…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 238-0 A

…pursuant to 2 and 2 bis, from the first day of the third month following the publication of the order.They cease to apply on the date of publication of the order removing them from this list.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Rights of persons detained in socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-70

The sentence enforcement judge may grant the detainee permission to leave under mobile electronic surveillance for one or more days in order to maintain family ties or to prepare for the end of the de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-8

…mpanied by the reasoned opinion of the guidance council ruling on the conditions set out in article R. 2141-1-1 and the technical file mentioned in article R. 2141-1-3, the proposal is deemed to be an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for oncology surgery

Article R6123-92-8

…e of reference or a centre of competence for rare cancers labelled by the Institut national du cancer. By way of derogation from the previous paragraph, this surgical management may be carried out wit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Registration in the file

Article R53-8-3

…mation communicated to the criminal records department in accordance with the provisions of article R. 64.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-8

The provisions of articles R. 752-37 and R. 752-38 are applicable.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Rights of persons detained in socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-66

…re, and the restrictions to which they may be subject, are determined by the provisions of articles R. 541-11, R. 541-12 and R. 541-13 of the penitentiary code.

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