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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-4

For the purposes of this Chapter : (a) personalised security data means personalised data provided to a payment service user by the payment service provider for authentication purposes ; b) A unique i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-29

Co-ownership of a patent application or patent is governed by the following provisions: a) Each of the co-owners may exploit the invention for his own benefit, subject to equitable compensation for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4c: Partial deductibility of the general social contribution

Article 154 quinquies

I. - For the determination of income tax bases, the contribution provided for in article L. 136-1 of the Social Security Code in respect of earned income and replacement income or that relating to the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-1

Participative finance service providers are the legal persons defined in e) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020. They shall be authorised, under the condition…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1663 C

1. The advance payment calculated by the tax authorities under the conditions set out in Article 204 E is paid in twelfths no later than the 15th of each month of the year, in accordance with the proc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3

I.-The devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 shall be placed on the market or put into service in accordance with A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-2

A medical file is created for each patient hospitalised in a public or private health establishment. This file contains at least the following elements, classified as follows : 1° Formalised informati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

The revenues of the budget of the communauté de communes include:1° The tax resources mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Ethics, Science and Education Committee

Article R1261-19

I.-The ethics, scientific and teaching committee of the body's host structure comprises between ten and twenty members divided into two colleges: 1° A college made up of leading figures from the estab…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Mandates entrusted with the execution of expenditure and the collection of revenue (articles D. 1611-32-10 to D. 1611-32-13)

Article D1611-32-12

The mandate given pursuant to Article L. 1611-7-2 shall specify in particular: 1° The nature of the transactions to which the mandate relates; 2° The duration of the mandate and the conditions under w…

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