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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-1

Article L. 22-10-36 of the French Commercial Code applies to the insurance and reinsurance companies referred to in Articles L. 310-1 and L. 310-1-1 which take the form of a société anonyme and whose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1

…where applicable, by in-house pharmacies.III. - On its own initiative or at the request of the Minister for Health or the Minister for Social Security, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Documents required for the declaration of activity by nationals of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to establish themselves in France

Article A212-182-1

A copy of the form required to renew the declaration provided for in article R. 212-88 is given in appendix II-12-2-b. This form specifies the list of documents required to renew the declaration. When…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article L341-13-1

…protect public health and the aquatic environment, pleasure craft equipped with toilets and built after 1st January 2008, which access sea and river ports as well as mooring and light equipment areas,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Offences relating to declarations and documents containing information to be used for tax assessment or settlement purposes

Article 1728

…t the declaration or deed is filed within thirty days of receipt of a formal notice, served by registered post, to produce it within this period;b. 40% where the declaration or deed has not been filed…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-6

The guarantee provided for in a ter of 1° of article L. 432-2 may be granted to French supplier companies and to the beneficiaries provided for in a bis of the same article under the conditions provid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-1-1

Public water and sanitation utilities are authorised to implement social measures designed to make effective the right of access to drinking water and sanitation under conditions that are economically…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Importation of faeces and faecal microbiota preparations

Article D513-11-11

…in article L. 513-11-2. For the importation of faecal microbiota preparations, the pharmacies for internal use mentioned in the third paragraph of Article R. 513-11-10 ensure that they have been produ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medical biology laboratory activity

Article D6211-16-1

…e analysis of which was carried out in medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence and not included in the list provided for in II of Article L. 6147-7, are not taken…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting tariffs

Article R444-11-1

…the first paragraph may consist of reducing the rate applicable to the base bracket equal to or greater than €60,000 to a specific rate, which may not be less than 0.45%. In addition, this reduction m…

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