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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XII: General provisions

Article D594

…ocuments essential to the exercise of their defence provided for by Article Preliminary and Article 803-5 are, without prejudice to the application of the legislative provisions of this Code, and in p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article A712-2

The overall monthly allowance for office expenses that the General Meeting of CCI France and of each territorial and regional chamber of commerce and industry may allocate to the members of its bureau…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-7

When the application for authorisation concerns all or part of the micro-organisms or toxins or products containing them, intended for veterinary use, the Director General of the Agence nationale de s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1456

…r cooperative production company under the conditions provided for in the amended article 25 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production. The exemption is, ho…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 279

…ns taken out by customers in order to receive the television services mentioned in article 2 of law n° 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication.b nonies. Admission fees for cu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-33

…r inquiry into the causes of death or the causes of disappearance mentioned in articles 74,74-1 and 80-4, by the investigating judge, for a maximum period of four months renewable under the same condi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Victims' rights

Article D1-11-2

…ined person prosecuted or convicted for offences committed within the couple covered by article 132-80 du code pénal, or for the offence defined in article 227-4-2 of the same code, the competent judi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-8

…he death occurred; 4° With the prior completion of the formalities prescribed in articles 78,79 and 80 of the Civil Code relating to declarations of death. By way of derogation from the foregoing prov…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L286-1

…the following provisions shall apply in New Caledonia in the wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying ipso jure in the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L364-1

…ions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Articles applicable In…

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