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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Accreditation of the quality of professional practice

Article D4135-2

…° Thoracic and cardiovascular surgery ; 10° Vascular surgery ; 11° Visceral and digestive surgery ; 12° Gynaecology-obstetrics, or medical gynaecology and gynaecology-obstetrics; 13° Anaesthesia and i…

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

Article 212

…made available to a company by an affiliated company, directly or indirectly, within the meaning of 12 of the article 39, are deductible : a) Within the limit of those calculated on the basis of the r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-35

…mposed, the sentence enforcement judge may, in accordance with the procedures laid down by article 712-6, withdraw all or part of the sentence reductions from which he or she has benefited and order h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Denunciation by all signatory employers or employees.

Article L2261-10

…of denunciation of the agreement or convention under the conditions provided for in article L. 2261-12, with regard to the sector concerned by the denunciation. When one of the employees' trade union…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-7-1-A

…framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions su…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1825 A

…234-1 and L. 234-8 of the Highway Code ;d. Either been convicted under articles 222-8, 222-10, 222-12, 222-13, 222-14, 227-15 or 227-16 of the Penal Code or a measure withdrawing parental authority p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-10

…el and other persons entitled to care from the armed forces health service mentioned in article L. 4123-2 of the Defence Code;2° Providing expert opinions for the Armed Forces Health Service on decisi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

…social balance sheet and the terms of a profit-sharing policy; 11° The permanent employment table; 12° Acquisitions, disposals, exchanges of buildings and their allocation, conditions of leases of mo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article R612-34-1

…e supervisory board taken pursuant to the provisions of the fourth paragraph of I of Article L. 511-12-1, the fifth paragraph of I and II of Article L. 531-6 and Article L. 611-2, as wellas the measur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration

Article D2242-13

…by the recipient, within four months of the date on which the breach referred to in Article D. 2242-12 is established. It shall inform the employer of the maximum rate of penalty incurred for each yea…

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