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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-75

…es. The powers attributed to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency by articles R. 6143-16 and R. 6143-20 are exercised by the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Health with regard to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-18

…ansfer price when the company implements a clause introduced pursuant to articles L. 227-14, L. 227-16 and L. 227-17, this price is set by agreement between the parties or, failing that, determined un…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-4

…the allocation, after distribution of the allocations calculated in application of articles L. 2334-16 to L. 2334-18-3, is divided between the two demographic categories in proportion to their populat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

Article L5212-8

…provided for in the statutes of the syndicat de communes and notwithstanding 1° of Article L. 5212-16, the representatives thus elected are also entitled to take part in the vote on any matter put to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of the committee

Article R1124-4

…submitted under the conditions provided for in 1 of Article 98 of the above-mentioned Regulation of 16 April 2014, may inform the designated personal protection committee within twenty-four hours that…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Actions for recovery.

Article D5424-65

…2-11, the objection of the debtor who is the subject of the constraint mentioned in Article L. 5422-16 is lodged with the court within whose jurisdiction the creditor organisation has its registered o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Technical provisions for reinsurance operations

Article R343-8

…acks and terrorism. The conditions for recording and declaring this provision are set out inarticle 16 A (I) and articles 16 B and 16 C of appendix 2 to the General Tax Code; b) Provision to offset an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

…f delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction as provided for in articles L. 2339-14 à L. 2339-16 of the same code; 5° The offences of smuggling, importing or exporting provided for in the second…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-15

…ndertakings, in which these companies are included, are drawn up in accordance with articles L. 233-16 to L. 233-28 . 233-28 or, for undertakings governed by the national law of another State, with th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Undivided usufruct.

Article 815-18

…tible with the rules of usufruct. The notifications provided for by articles 815-14, 815-15 and 815-16 must be sent to any bare owner and any usufructuary. However, a usufructuary may only acquire a b…

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