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

Article A743-9

…ts 2.24 € 7 Litigation relating to commercial registers 8.93 € 8 Diligences linked to the expertise 16.72 € 9 Summons or notice 1.13 € 10 Visa, mark and initial books 2.24 € 11 Certified copies outsid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

…° Aspirating secretions from the person, whether or not they have been intubated or tracheostomised;16° Instrumental manual ventilation by mask;17° Use of a semi-automatic defibrillator and supervisio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-7

…or drainage of the bladder, subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of article R. 4311-10 ;16° Intra-urethral instillation ;17° Vaginal injections;18° Placement of rectal probes, enemas, extr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9

…mployees or customers;d) Companies included in the scope of consolidation defined in article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, to which the insurance company belongs, except in the case of cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Relations with the statutory auditors

Article L612-44

…heir duties. It may ask them to provide the additional report provided for in III of article L. 823-16 of the French Commercial Code.The information thus transmitted is covered by the rule of professi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3641-1

…sation of mobility within the meaning of the articles L. 1231-1, L. 1231-8 and L. 1231-14 à L. 1231-16 of the Transport Code; creation, development and maintenance of roads in the public road domain o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 bis

…gs not covered by article 1500 and for all other built-up properties; zb) In respect of 2008, to 1.016 for undeveloped properties, to 1.016 for industrial buildings not covered by article 1500 and for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

I. - In the rural regeneration areas mentioned in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 octies : Activities created in defence restructuring zones

Article 44 terdecies

I. - Within the perimeter of the defence restructuring zones referred to in 1° of 3 ter of the article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 d'orientation pour l'aménagement et le développement du t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 D ter

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