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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rest homes for women who have recently given birth.

Article D6124-435

The rooms have a minimum volume of 30 cubic metres and a surface area of 10 square metres for each group of beds and cots. Except in exceptional cases determined by the establishment's doctor, childre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Professional inadequacy

Article R6152-716

…o the provisions of sub-section 9 of section 1 for full-time hospital practitioners and sub-section 10 of section 2 of this chapter for part-time hospital practitioners.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L764-2

…shall be liable to one year's imprisonment. 6° In Article L. 740-2, the reference to Article L. 743-10 is deleted; 7° In Articles L. 741-1, L. 741-2, L. 741-10 and L. 742-1, the words "forty-eight hou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3512-16

…pers and filters sold, distributed or offered separately. III. - 1° of I comes into force on 20 May 2020 for tobacco products containing a clearly identifiable flavour whose sales volume represents, w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Turnover taxes and similar miscellaneous taxes

Article 1609 novovicies

…players and the sums paid or to be paid out to winners. The sums wagered by players from 1 January 2020 are defined as the sums wagered from the date of the event or events on which the game is based…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-7

…the beneficial owner contained in the registers mentioned in Article L. 561-46 of this Code,Article 2020 of the Civil Code andArticle 1649 AB of the General Tax Code. For the same purposes of verifyin…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

…qual to 7,500;- 40% for the number of minutes produced greater than 7,500 and less than or equal to 10,000;- 50% for the number of minutes produced greater than 10,000.IV. - For series in the first gr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L930-1

…29-15, L. 238-6, L. 244-5 and L. 252-1 à L. 252-13; 3° Book III, with the exception of articles L. 310-4, L. 321-1 to L. 321-38, L. 322-7 and L. 322-10 ; 4° Book IV, with the exception of Articles L.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article R511-2-1-2

…eed a ceiling equal to the smaller of the following two amounts: a) 50% of the net cash position or 10% of this amount calculated on a consolidated basis at the level of the group of companies to whic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 207

…a legitimate reason, refuse to give evidence or take the oath may be fined a civil penalty of up to 10,000 euros. Witnesses who prove that they were unable to attend on the date set may be relieved of…

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