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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-6

…set in the same article.When the noise referred to in the previous paragraph, perceived inside the main rooms of any residential dwelling, with windows open or closed, is generated by professional ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of electoral rolls.

Article R713-2

…authority referred to in II of Article R. 713-1 shall make available to the public, from 16 July to 25 August inclusive, in each registry of the court of first instance with jurisdiction in commercial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article D2123-23-1

…etermine the amount of official allowances to be awarded to them in accordance with article L. 2123-25-1. In the event of overpayment, the municipality shall proceed to recover the undue amount from t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines.

Article R2334-10

…are not part of these groupings.II.-For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 2334-25-1, the sums to be taken into account for 2018 are those calculated in accordance with 2° of I of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…Imported malaria in overseas departments; 21. Plague; 22. Poliomyelitis; 23. Rabies; 24. Measles; 25. Rubella; 26. Native urogenital schistosomiasis; 27. Suspected Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and othe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds and formalities relating to partition and sale by voluntary auction

Article A444-194

…e terminated by a default judgment subject to opposition, a proportional emolument corresponding to 25% of that set in 1°;b) If the proceedings are terminated by a judgment deemed to be contradictory,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Shareholdings in commercial companies other than those referred to in 8° of Article L. 4211-1

Article R4211-7

…all refer the matter to the Commission des participations et des transferts provided for in Article 25 of Ordinance no. 2014-948 of 20 August 2014 relating to the governance and capital transactions o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-30

…in Article R. 6122-29 . This report specifies, for each care activity mentioned in article R. 6122-25 and heavy equipment mentioned in article R. 6122-26, the areas defined in 2° of I of article L. 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2i: Companies located in rural regeneration areas

Article 44 quindecies

…in article 1465 A, businesses that are created or taken over between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2023, subject by right or by option to an actual taxation system for their results and that carry ou…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…p: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €160,000 and greater than or equal to €25,000; 3° Third group: works for which the hourly cash contribution is less than €25,000 and greate…

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