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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-16-2

For the purposes of preparing the income tax report referred to in Article L. 233-28-1, where the consolidating company and one of the controlled companies included in the consolidation, in accordance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The departments and units referred to in article 15-1

Article R15-26-1

…tomated road traffic offence recording centre constitutes a joint service within which the officers and agents of the judicial police of the national police and gendarmerie carry out their usual dutie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article R3341-2-1

…not be used to pay expenditure for another financial year. However, expenditure committed but not mandated at the close of the financial year shall be charged against the appropriations that must be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23-1

Medical devices and active implantable medical devices manufactured from non-viable tissues of animal origin or non-viable products derived from tissues of animal origin, falling within the scope defi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 11: Medical care and rehabilitation activities

Article R6123-125-2

…s drawn up by the Minister for Health. These are included in the multiannual contract of objectives and resources defined in article L. 6114-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-25-1

…oordination of departmental medico-psychological emergency units, which consists in particular of : 1° Drawing up the regional list of professionals working in the medical-psychological emergency unit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-2

The commission for authorisation to practise is composed as follows: 1° The Director General of Healthcare Provision, Chairman ; 2° The Director General of Higher Education and Professional Integratio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2563-2-1

…mount of the flat-rate allowance for the municipalities in the overseas departments is increased in 2001 by a sum of 40 million francs, taken from the development allowance instituted in article L. 23…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III-1: Sale of buildings to be constructed.

Article 1601-2

A forward sale is a contract in which the seller undertakes to deliver the property on completion and the buyer undertakes to take delivery of it and pay the price on the delivery date. Ownership is t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section VI: Advertising in international matters

Article 1303-2

…n Affairs shall mention the applicable law thus designated on the original of the marriage contract and shall no longer issue any copy or extract thereof without reproducing this mention.

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