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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article R1615-2

…x: 1° Expenditure relating to fixed assets used to carry out operations subject to value added tax; 2° Expenditure that is exempt from value added tax, with the exception of that mentioned in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of reactovigilance

Article R5222-2

…ns for use likely to lead or to have led directly or indirectly to adverse effects on human health; 2° Recording, evaluating and using this information to protect human health; 3° Carrying out any stu…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The High Council for Financial Stability

Article L631-2-1

…the Autorité des marchés financiers may transmit to it information covered by professional secrecy;2° It identifies and assesses the nature and extent of systemic risks resulting from the situation i…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-47

…stigation or enquiry into a crime or misdemeanour punishable by at least three years' imprisonment; 2° An investigation or enquiry into the causes of death or disappearance provided for in Articles 74…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…ons, interdepartmental agreements or institutions, departments, the metropolis of Lyon" are deleted;2° (Repealed);3° The words: ", L. 5215-22" are deleted.III. - For the application of Article L. 5721…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article L411-2

…Intellectual Property Code, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 331-2 of the same code.2° Refer the matter to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Authorisation and renewal

Article R1173-2

…ertakes to comply with the specifications referred to in the fourth paragraph of article L. 1173-1; 2° The sports and health centre contributes to ensuring a territorial network making it possible to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-1

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market established or operating in a Member State of the European Union shall send to the intermediaries mentioned in 1° to 4° of I of Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-48

…n articles 74 to 74-2, by the public prosecutor, for a maximum period of one month, renewable once; 2° As part of an investigation or inquiry into the causes of death or the causes of disappearance me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Accessibility obligations

Article L323-2

The investment service provider defined in Article L. 531-1, the entity providing investment services without being subject to the authorisation procedure provided for in Article L. 531-2 and the fina…

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