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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2143-1

For the application of this chapter: 1° Where the embryo or embryos referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 2143-1 have been conceived as a result of a sperm donation, an oocyte donation or a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration on the list of statutory auditors

Article R822-4

Where the candidate for registration holds a chartered accountancy diploma, at least two-thirds of the training period provided for in Article 67 of Decree no. 2012-432 of 30 March 2012 relating to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

Articles R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-30 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2014-897 of 15 August 2014 relating to the judicial procedure for the release and review of n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Economic weighting studies

Article R713-66

…nomic weight of each regional chamber of commerce and industry referred to in 10° of Article L. 711-16.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Infringements of the rules relating to the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4746-1

…soever: 1° Personal protective equipment within the meaning of 1) of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2016/425: (a) Not accompanied by, or not provided with a secure and easily accessible internet link to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° decies : Tax reduction for rental investments and affordable rented accommodation

Article 199 novovicies

…verted into housing.5° To housing that the taxpayer acquires between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023 and which is or has been the subject of improvement work defined by decree, as well as to premi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Pseudonymous investigations

Article 230-46

…ovisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023] the operation is authorised by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge hearing the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary parent companies

Article L517-11

…rovisions of the second paragraph, two intermediate parent undertakings in the Union by 30 December 2023 at the latest. A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall specify the manner in which the total value…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-1

…e with the conditions set out in the second paragraph, is increased by 10.5 million euros.II.-.From 2023, the amount of the allocation mentioned in I is increased: 1° By 4.5 million euros in respect o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-4

…The priority dividend may not be less than either the first dividend referred to in Article L. 232-16 or an amount equal to 7.5% of the paid-up capital represented by non-voting preference shares. Th…

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