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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-5

…compensation due to the victim taking into account, on the one hand, the benefits listed in article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 aimed at improving the situation of road accident victims and sp…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Reorganisation measures for companies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union

Article R*323-11

…icable to these reorganisation measures by virtue of the provisions of articles L. 326-20 to L. 326-29. This publication is not required when the reorganisation measures exclusively affect the rights…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local biovigilance system

Article R1211-39

…ears to be related to the elements, products or derivatives mentioned in 1° of I of Article R. 1211-29 or to the activities mentioned in 2° of this same I reports it without delay to the local corresp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Measures and conditions to which parolees are or may be subject

Article D539

In accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 731-1 et de l'article R. 61-34, adults may also be placed under mobile electronic surveillance if they have been sentenced to at le…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-12

…tters of food safety ;-Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004, as amended, on the hygiene of foodstuffs, with the exception of the provisions applic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 C ter

…9 A bis, properties located in the priority urban policy neighbourhoods defined in article 5 of Law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 programming for the city and urban cohesion are exempt from propert…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 308

…s approved by the administration (1). (1) See also livre des procédures fiscales, art. L. 27 and L. 29.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Approved funds.

Article R214-193

I. - The last paragraph of I of article R. 214-32-29 does not apply to general-purpose professional funds.II. - By way of derogation from article R. 214-32-41, the overall risk of a general-purpose pr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article R2334-26

…amount of the grant and its rate; c) The deadlines provided for in articles R. 2334-28 and R. 2334-29; d) The terms of payment of the grant provided for in article R. 2334-30 as well as the repayment…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: The national financial intelligence unit

Article D561-34-1

…ransmission of information pursuant to the provisions of I of Article L. 561-28 and Articles L. 561-29-1 and L. 561-31 shall be signed by the Director, his deputy or department staff specially appoint…

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