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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation

Article R2442-2

…ons". 4° In article R. 2141-11: a) For its application in New Caledonia, the words: "by article 311-20 of the Civil Code and by articles 1157-2 and 1157-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure" are replaced…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

…dicial police officers [Provisions declared unconstitutional by Constitutional Council Decision no. 2022-846 DC of 19 January 2023]. In the event of any difficulty encountered in the performance of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…isions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module and the marg…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…ed by national or local public authorities.If filming is interrupted or postponed until 31 December 2020, aid will only be granted if filming is resumed by 31 January 2021 at the latest. If filming is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Tax base

Article 1388 bis

…a signatory, in the districts concerned, of an urban contract provided for in article 6 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 of programming for the city and urban cohesion and an agreement, append…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°-0 bis: Priority urban policy districts

Article 1383 C ter

…bis, properties located in the priority urban policy neighbourhoods defined in article 5 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 programming for the city and urban cohesion are exempt from property ta…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
0I: Definition of overall net income

Article 1 A

…the partnership tax regime under the conditions set out in IV of Article 3 of Decree no. 55-594 of 20 May 1955 as amended and of the managers of limited partnerships with shares and, on the other han…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Disciplinary sanctions

Article R222-38

In the event of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 222-5, L. 222-7 to L. 222-18, R. 222-20, R. 222-31 and R. 222-32 as well as the provisions of the sports agents' regulations issued on the bas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

…ed for by article 712-19 or the withdrawal or revocation of the measure provided for by article 712-20, refusing to start or continue the treatment prescribed by the treating doctor and offered to him…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-8

…grity and security, the personal data and information mentioned in 2° of the appendix to Decree no. 2010-236 of 5 March 2010 within eight days of the transmission by the authorised and sworn agents me…

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