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French General Tax CodeIn force
General definition of taxable income

Article 12

The tax is due each year on the basis of the profits or income that the taxpayer makes or has at his disposal during the same year.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-1

I. - The Autorité des marchés financiers may appoint a provisional administrator for a person referred to in Article L. 543-1, to whom all powers of administration, management and representation of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1-1

I.-This sub-section implements the principle of extended producer responsibility, provided for by the provisions of article L. 4211-2-1 and those of I of article L. 541-10 of the Environment Code, to…

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

Article R561-14-1

Where they choose to implement simplified due diligence measures pursuant to 1° of Article L. 561-9, the persons mentioned in Article L. 561-2 : 1° Shall identify and verify the identity of their cust…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-13

The mediator's remuneration is set, at the end of his or her assignment, in agreement with the parties. The agreement may be submitted to the judge for homologation pursuant to article 1565.Failing ag…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-15

The decision ordering or renewing mediation or terminating it is a measure of judicial administration.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-12

At any time, the parties, or the most diligent of them, may submit the agreement resulting from the mediation to the judge for homologation. The judge shall rule on the request submitted to him or her…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-10

The judge may terminate the mediation at any time at the request of a party or on the initiative of the mediator.The judge may also terminate it ex officio when the proper conduct of the mediation app…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-1

A judge hearing a dispute may, after obtaining the agreement of the parties, order mediation.The mediator appointed by the judge has the task of hearing the parties and comparing their points of view…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-11

At the end of his mission, the mediator informs the judge in writing whether or not the parties have managed to find a solution to the dispute between them. On the set date, the case returns to the ju…

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