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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Budgetary rules.

Article R712-21

Each agreement of objectives and means established pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 712-2 describes the actions financed in whole or in part by the tax for chamber expenses at regional l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 212 bis

…inancial charges mean the excess of deductible financial charges after application of I of article 212, in relation to taxable financial income and other equivalent income received by the company.2. T…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…lowance, the stay-at-home mother's allowance and the childcare allowance, maintained under Articles 12 and 13 of Law no. 77-765 of 12 July 1977 instituting the family supplement, the disabled adults'…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-10

…issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to 1° of II of article L. 612-1. III. - The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall verify whether the undertaki…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2017-27 of 12 January 2017 on the hosting of personal health data.Articles L. 1111-8-1 and L. 1111-26 are appli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

…ange their corporate purpose; 2° Aux sociétés d'économie mixte sportives mentionnées à l'article L. 122-12 of the Sports Code in which the majority of the share capital and the majority of the votes i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Health certification and assessment.

Article L1414-4

…ly, in the work of the Haute Autorité de santé may not, under the penalties laid down inarticle 432-12 of the French Penal Code, lend their assistance to an assignment relating to a matter in which th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-8

…entitled on his behalf, after deduction of the benefits listed inarticle 3 of Order no. 92-1146 of 12 October 1992 extending and adapting thelaw to the territories of New Caledonia, French Polynesia…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-3

…onvicted of one of the offences provided for in Articles 226-13, 222-52 to 222-59 and 413-10 to 413-12 of the French Criminal Code, Articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2339-4, L. 2339-11-1 to L. 2339-11-3 of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-24

…rovisions of this Article shall apply to limitations made pursuant to Articles L. 613-25 and L. 614-12.A decree in Council of State shall specify the conditions of application of this Article.

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