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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 112-1 and the first and second paragraphs of article L. 112-2 and in accordance with procedures defined by decree, the following may be indexed t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-6

…o the management and preservation of water resources draws up and implements an action plan to help maintain or improve the quality of the part of this resource used for the production of water intend…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-6

…reserved for lawyers;10° A room allocated to the body mentioned in articles R. 744-19 and R. 751-8;11° A room, furnished and equipped with a telephone, allocated to the legal entity mentioned in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20

…nvolving the human person is filed by the sponsor on the information system mentioned in article R. 1123-20-1, which assigns it to a personal data protection committee under the conditions provided fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-8

…name of the statutory auditor auditing its special accounts pursuant to, as applicable, article L. 811-11-1 or III of Article L. 814-10-1.III. - For the application of the third paragraph of III of Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-37

…resentative of the municipalities;5° Four representatives of associations approved under article L. 1114-1;6° One representative of associations of retired and elderly people;7° One representative of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

…ional de Dijon ;9° Centre hospitalier régional de Martinique ;10° Grenoble regional hospital centre;11° Centre hospitalier régional de Lille ;12° Centre hospitalier régional de Limoges ;13° Hospices c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies C

…ipment, acquired when new, allowing the use of hydrogen or any other decarbonised propulsion as the main propulsive energy or for the production of electrical energy intended for the main propulsion o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-24

…ent of the entity, he shall report this to management and request that another expert be called in. 11. If the auditor is not satisfied with the expert's competence, he will inform management and asse…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-2

…ganising authorities mentioned in article L. 2224-31 and in the second paragraph of article L. 2224-11-6 and the other local authorities or groups of local authorities concerned are involved, at their…

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