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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1774

Persons guilty of any of the offences referred to in 1° to 4° of 1 of Article 1772 and in Article 1773 may be deprived of civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the procedures set out in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article A444-176

Pursuant to the second paragraph of article R. 444-4, services rendered pursuant to provisions of local law applicable in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle give rise to the collectio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Litigation by the municipality.

Article D2573-12

I. - The articles R. 2132-1 to 2132-4 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of the provisions of article R. 2132-3,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Other provisions

Article R5126-114

For the supply of maritime companies operating ships, in application of 4° of article L. 5126-5, pharmacies for internal use may supply pharmacies with medicines reserved for hospital use, on presenta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Adoption leave.

Article L1225-38

Adoption leave suspends the employment contract. During the suspension, employed parents benefit from the protection against dismissal provided for in articles L. 1225-4 and L. 1225-5. The application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-2

Articles L. 1121-4 and L. 1121-15 do not apply to non-interventional research involving cosmetic or food products where such research is included in a list established by order of the Minister for Hea…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to public contracts for rail passenger transport services

Article L2522-1

Notwithstanding article L. 2500-1, the public contracts mentioned in 4° of article L. 2512-5, insofar as they relate to the public rail passenger transport service, are governed, for their award and p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 311-91

…al works that belong to one of the following genres:1° Fiction;2° Animation;3° Creative documentary;4° Audiovisual adaptation of a live performance.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-5

No relative or ally, up to and including the fourth degree, of the debtor who is a natural person or of the directors, in the case of a legal person, may be appointed to one of the functions provided…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R971-1

For the application of Section 4 of Chapter III of Title II of Book I, the attributions devolved to the departmental or pluridépartemental mutual agricultural social security funds are exercised by th…

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