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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…performance des établissements de santé et médico-sociaux ;15° La Plateforme des données de santé ;16° Institut de recherche et documentation en économie de la santé ;17° Institut national d'études d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

…ticle L. 2131-11 of this Code, article 432-12 of the French Penal Code or I of article 2 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on transparency in public life, when the local authority or grouping is…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Measures to prevent and manage banking crises

Article L613-48

…to the residual maturity of the commitments referred to in Article 72c(1) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013. In such a case, the resolution c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 sexdecies

…l'action sociale et des familles.The services defined in 2°, 4° and 5° of I and in 8° to 10°, 15°, 16°, 18° and 19° of II of article D. 7231-1 of the Labour Code, in the version in force on 1 January…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-2

…stoms Code.VI. - The administrative authority responsible for inspecting the persons referred to in 16° of Article L. 561-2 of this Code is responsible for monitoring the obligations set out in Chapte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-5

…the persons mentioned in Article L. 531-2 and that do not fall within the scope of Articles L. 532-16 to L. 532-22; 1° bis Operators offering online investment or collective investment management ser…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 81

…c. The allowance provided for in Article 133 of Finance Act no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 for 2016; d. The lump sum equivalent to compensation provided for in article 3 of Act no. 2022-229 of 23 F…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-10

…ided for in article R. 143-145 46.82 € 45 Specific requirements in the event of company conversions 16.72 € 46 Updating information from main registrations to secondary registrations and from secondar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Definition of the economic reason.

Article L1233-3

…der the conditions defined inarticle L. 233-1, in I and II of article L. 233-3 and inarticle L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code.The sector of activity used to assess the economic reason for redundancy i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 200 terdecies

…r which payment is staggered, deferred or split; b) Credit facilities referred to in Article L. 311-16 of the same code; c) Account overdrafts; d) Hire-purchases and leases with a purchase option. The…

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