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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Radiation protection inspector

Article R1333-168

…s mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1333-29 from among its staff, as defined inArticle 16 of Law No. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 on the general status of independent administrative authori…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-16

Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has determined that the conditions set out in Article L. 517-13 are not fulfilled or have ceased to be fulfilled in order to ensure or restor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment and related services

Article D754-16

…esIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 321-12023-813 of 22 August 2023D. 321-2No. 2009-297 of 16 March 2009II. - For the application of I, the references to the units mentioned in article L. 229…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R814-162

…3-31 et seq, subject to the provisions below. A copy of the declaration mentioned in article R. 814-160 is sent by the partners' representative to the clerk of the court where the application for regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the plan execution commissioner

Article A663-16

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-16 in respect of the task of collecting and distributing dividends laid down by the plan (number 4 of table 4-2) is set in proportion to the cumulative amount of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Review procedure

Article R1124-16

…sts for substantial changes provided for in Article 20 of the aforementioned European Regulation of 16 April 2014 shall be sent to the Minister responsible for health using the information system prov…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Advisory Council (R).

Article R2113-16

…he associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-17 as it stood prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectivités territoriales et dans les communes déléguées mentionné…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-16

In this section and for the application of the provisions relating to freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services :1. The expression "competent authorities" means the authorities of a Mem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
j: Contributions or premiums paid to people's pension savings plans or under certain compulsory or optional supplementary pension schemes or in respect of supplementary guarantees under pension savings plans.

Article 163 quatervicies

…tary pension schemes, to which the provisions of 1° bis of l'article 83, in force until 1st January 2004, had been extended before this date, constituted for the benefit of civil servants and State em…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1681 F

I. - At the request of the taxpayer, income tax on long-term capital gains realised by a sole proprietorship on the sale for valuable consideration of all fixed assets allocated to the exercise of a p…

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