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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-25

Each year, before 1st March, the interministerial decree referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1435-10 sets the amount of funding allocated to each regional health agency, after consulting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-27

The ministers responsible for health and social security, the regional health agencies and the bodies responsible for managing a compulsory health insurance scheme responsible for paying certain expen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-28

When it comes from the person who is the subject of psychiatric care, the application may be lodged with the secretariat of the host institution. The request for legal action may also be made by an or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-11

The statutory audit work of the statutory auditor(s) is subject to an annual engagement plan and work programme, drawn up in writing, which take into account the legal form of the audited person or en…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Economic and social measures

Article R4253-4

The regions may award an operating grant to the local structures of representative trade union organisations which have legal personality and which fulfil missions of general interest at regional leve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2

The following are subject to the obligations set out in sections 2 to 7 of this chapter: 1° Bodies, institutions and services governed by the provisions of Title I of this Book, including branches of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-5

Companies governed by this chapter may form unions between themselves with the same objects as those defined in Article L. 124-1. These unions must comply with the same rules for their formation and o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-86

Any agreement entered into directly or through an intermediary between the company and one of the members of the Management Board or Supervisory Board, a shareholder holding more than 10% of the votin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-3

The remuneration provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 133-1 includes two parts. The first part, payable by the State, is based on a flat-rate contribution per user registered in librarie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 82

To determine the tax bases, account is taken of the net amount of salaries, allowances and emoluments, wages, pensions and life annuities, as well as all benefits in money or in kind granted to the pe…

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