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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1-1

…may, regardless of the administration to which they belong, carry out the tasks defined in article 20 in judicial investigations carried out by customs officers or tax officials pursuant to I of arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Status and purpose

Article L513-2

…ich the contract or the document intended for public information provided for in Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 or any equivalent document required for admission to foreign regulated mar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article R1424-32

…ted, where applicable, to take account of transfer operations that occurred during the year ;b) For 20% of its amount, the product of the population multiplied by the relative difference between the a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…Haut Conseil pour l'avenir de l'assurance maladie (High Council for the Future of Health Insurance);20° Fonds de financement de la couverture maladie universelle (Universal Health Coverage Fund);21° R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article R5125-33-5

…dosage adjustment made. Where they exist, the pharmaceutical record referred to in article R. 1111-20-1 and the shared medical record referred to in article L. 161-36-1 of the Social Security Code ta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-102-4

…ses.[Provisions declared not to comply with the Constitution by Constitutional Council decision no. 2017-750 DC of 23 March 2017.]

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter VIII ter: Turnover tax on farmers

Article 302 bis MB

…d to farmers in respect of direct support allocated in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009, excluding turnover from forestry, shellfish farming and freshwater fishing…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Direct taxes and assimilated taxes. Income tax. Corporation tax. Duties and penalties

Article 1665 bis

…Articles 199 quindecies, 199 sexdecies, 199 sexvicies, 199 septvicies, 199 novovicies, 199 tricies, 200 and 200 quater B, regularised when the tax is settled, after any various tax credits have been d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…cles L. 5132-6 and L. 5132-7 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action. Article L. 513…

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

Article L5843-2

…ICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 5721-3 law no. 96-…

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