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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-98

…ion 1 or FIAs covered by paragraph 1 of sub-section 2 of section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II or foreign UCITS approved in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-5-1

…ness of the decisions taken by the French Anti-Doping Agency in application of Section 4 of Chapter II of this Title and the prohibitions provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 232-15-1 an…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the division of powers between authorities

Article L515-5

…of the provisions of Title I of this Book, with the exception of Section I of Chapter I and Chapter II, Title II of this Book, Articles L. 112-2, L. 112-2-1 and L. 112-11 of this Code and Section 7 of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of Commercial Court Judges.

Article L723-4

…ings are not in progress on polling day;4° Who, in the case of the persons mentioned in 1° or 2° of II of Article L. 713-1 of this code, do not belong to a company or public establishment in respect o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Governance system

Article R385-16

…cles R. 354-2-1, R. 354-3-2 and R. 354-3-3 do not apply to supplementary occupational pension funds.II. - For the application of article R. 354-3 to supplementary occupational pension funds, the follo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

I. - Title I of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.Articles L. 3211-11-1, L. 3211-2-3, L. 3211-12-1, L. 3211-12-7,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-2

…therwise stipulated, to all documents and the receipt of all notifications provided for in Chapters II, III and IV of this Title. The power of attorney is exempt from legalisation.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586

…atural gas, other hydrocarbons and chemical products provided for in article 1519 HA ;6° (Repealed).II.-.The départements may collect the taxe d'aménagement under the conditions provided for in 2° of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-10

…territory of the departmental unit to which the inspection unit to which they are assigned belongs. II - In each inspection unit referred to in 2° of Article R. 8122-3, the Labour Inspection inspector…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 302 bis ZA

…fruit and vegetables mentioned in Article L. 611-4-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.II. a. The persons mentioned in I are exempt from this tax if they meet the following conditions:b.…

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