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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-155

…d L. 214-115 eligible for inclusion in the assets of a société civile de placement immobilier are : 1° Buildings let or offered for letting on the date of their acquisition by the company or by any le…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN MAYOTTE

Article R5832-1

…ptations provided for in II. II. - For the application in Mayotte of the provisions mentioned in I: 1° Article R. 5211-20 reads as follows: "Art. R. 5211-20.-The five most populous communes have half…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the orthoptist qualification certificate.

Article D4342-9

…of 11 August 1956, is a national higher education diploma, in accordance with the second paragraph (1°) of article D. 613-7 of the Education Code.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Bodies

Article L5212-7-1

…te's committee, or their distribution among the member communes, may be modified at the request of: 1° Either the syndicate's committee; 2° Or the municipal council of a member commune, on the occasio…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-18

…Conseil d'Etat, a magistrate from the administrative order or a magistrate from the judicial order: 1° A doctor with expertise in the field of child psychiatry; 2° A doctor with expertise in the field…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions required for full adoption

Article 370-1-3

…option of the child of a spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee is permitted:1° Where the child has legally established filiation only in respect of that spouse, partner bound b…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article R22-10-15

I.-The information mentioned in I and II of article L. 22-10-9 is made available to the public free of charge on the company's website for a period of ten years. Without prejudice to the third paragra…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents

Article L511-35

The provisions of Article L. 232-1 of the French Commercial Code are applicable to credit institutions, finance companies and investment firms under conditions set by the French Accounting Standards A…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising rules

Article R2162-29

…ify the Publications Office of the European Union of any change in the duration of the system using:1° A notice of the existence of a qualification system when its period of validity is changed withou…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable when the temporary loss of discernment of a person is caused by that person and in particular by the voluntary consumption of psychoactive substances

Article D47-37-2

Outside the cases provided for by articles 706-139-1 and D. 47-37-1, where the examining magistrate considers that the temporary loss of discernment of the person under investigation is at least partl…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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