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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 7: Provisions applicable in the event of referral to the trial court

Article D32-25

If the person evades the obligations of house arrest with electronic surveillance while being brought before the trial court, the public prosecutor may refer the matter to the liberty and custody judg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
23°: Tax credit for energy transition

Article 200 quater A

…acement of equipment: 1° Specially designed to make homes accessible to elderly or disabled people; 2° Or enabling the adaptation of dwellings to the loss of independence or disability, where the cond…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
In force

Article Annexe 2-2

TABLE 1Appended to articles R. 225-81, R. 225-83 and R. 225-102Financial results of the company over the last five financial years NATURE OF INDICATIONS20..20..20..20..20..I. - Financial position at y…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The knowledge test referred to in article L. 812-3

Article A812-27

…of the missions likely to be entrusted to a judicial representative. The mark is weighted at 2. >. 2° An oral examination consisting of a thirty-minute question by the jury on professional ethics, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Kindergartens

Article R2324-47-2

…0 hours per year of work by the "Health and Inclusive Care" advisor, including 2 hours per quarter; 2° Kindergartens: 20 hours per year of work by the "Health and Inclusive Care" advisor, including 4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Controls.

Article R814-45

…d, in the case of an occasional audit, by one of the persons specially authorised for this purpose; 2° A statutory auditor appearing on a list drawn up for six years by the Minister of Justice, on a p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investor guarantee

Article L754-13

…1° In Article L. 322-2, the references to Articles L. 312-18, L. 511-22 and L. 511-23 are deleted; 2° In Article L. 322-6, the reference to Article L. 312-18 is deleted.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care", 2°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care" and 3°: "derogatory multi-purpose paediatric intensive care".

Article D6124-33-5

…The team includes at least one state-qualified nursery nurse for every four state-qualified nurses;2° One nursing auxiliary or one childcare auxiliary:a) for four open beds for categories 1 and 2 ;b)…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and implementation of prenatal diagnosis

Article R2131-2-2

…multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centres for prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis; 2° On a proposal from the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine and after obtaining the o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article L2441-2

…tal diagnosis centre" are replaced by the words: "a consultation providing multidisciplinary care";"2° In IV, the words ", where applicable a member of a multidisciplinary prenatal diagnosis centre,"…

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