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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-36-1

I. - Authorisation for 1° under the adult critical care modality and for 1° and 2° under the paediatric critical care modality may only be granted if the holder has access, on site or by agreement, to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

I. 1° Taxpayers domiciled in France for tax purposes may benefit from a reduction in their income tax equal to 18% of payments made in respect of cash subscriptions made under the same conditions as t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the sale.

Article 1589-1

Any unilateral commitment entered into with a view to the acquisition of a property or a real estate right for which a payment is required or received from the person making the commitment, regardless…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L763-4

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L764-4

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L762-4

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the rig…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1-1

Subject to Article 60-1-2, when the requisitions provided for in Article 60-1 relate to connection data issued by a lawyer and linked to the use of an electronic communications network or service, whe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1-1

When, during a search in a place other than those mentioned in Article 56-1, a document mentioned in the second paragraph of the same Article is discovered 56-1, the person at whose premises these ope…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1-1

A grouping may be formed by insurance undertakings meeting the conditions set out in 1°, 2° and 4° of I of Article L. 361-4-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code in order to: 1° Carry out, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-1-1

As part of their training and by way of derogation from 1° of article L. 4111-1, persons enrolled in the third cycle of medical studies in France may practise the profession of doctor if they meet the…

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