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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health.

Article L2421-4

…the Social Action and Family Code. "are deleted.Ia - For the application of article L. 2141-12, the last paragraph of I is worded as follows:Only the health agency may take, collect and store the game…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-5

…ple or the woman from whom they were conceived in application of 2° of II of Article L. 2141-4, the last paragraph of Article L. 2131-4 or the penultimate paragraph of Article L. 2141-3.III.-Research…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title V: Provisions relating to the Central Pricing Office.

Article R250-2

…e insurer requested or, in the cases mentioned in articles L. 125-6, L. 220-5 and L. 252-1 , of the last insurer requested.In the case of a new policy, silence on the part of the insurer for more than…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-7

…ning of the review. II. - After being informed of the opening of an in-depth review pursuant to the last paragraph of III of Article L. 430-5, the parties may propose commitments likely to remedy the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-4

…obtained;-5% of the pre-tax turnover achieved in France by the perpetrator of the practices in the last financial year closed since the financial year preceding that in which the practices were imple…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-22

…eneral pledge may be exercised over the business assets, up to the amount of the profit made in the last financial year for which the accounts have been closed. In addition, security interests granted…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-18

…I. II - When the rapporteur considers that the findings of the authorised agents referred to in the last paragraph of II of Article L. 331-25 justify forwarding the file to the chairman of the authori…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Liquidation

Article 790 A bis

…m free transfer tax up to a limit of €100,000 if they are allocated by the donee, no later than the last day of the third month following the transfer:a) To subscriptions to the initial capital or cap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1607 ter

…of €5 per inhabitant. The number of inhabitants to be taken into account is that resulting from the last published census. The decision of the Board of Directors is notified to the Minister for the Ec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2333-97

…nses incurred by sweeping the surface area of roads delivered to public traffic, as recorded in the last administrative account of the municipality. The tax is payable by owners of properties borderin…

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