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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-2

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of II, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé has the status of competent authority for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 20…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 octies A

…r apply to investments made as part of a first commercial establishment made after 31 December 1991.II. - French companies making an industrial or agricultural investment in one of the countries on a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-3

…e same table, shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II and III: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 133-1 to L. 133-2Act no. 2018-700 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L734-3

…e applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-21

…nosis or care in a health care institution, considers that the damage suffered is compensable under II of Article L. 1142-1 or under Article L. 1142-1-1, the Office shall be summoned to the proceeding…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-2

…pany, the natural person(s) effectively directing the management company within the meaning of 4 of II of Article L. 532-9; b) Where the collective investment scheme is not a company, the natural pers…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property tax on built-up and non-built-up properties

Article 1404

…al taxpayer for the same year is assessed in favour of the State up to the limit of this rebate (1).II. - Claims are presented, investigated and judged in the same way as applications for discharge or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-18

…y to determine whether the damage for which the request is made is of the serious nature set out in II of article L. 1142-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article R692-7

…ential liabilities and unsecured liabilities; 2° All proposals relating to the settlement of debts. II.-The agreement of each creditor shall be obtained in writing by the insolvency practitioner, incl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-4

…ts own capital or the capital of any other legal entity belonging to the group to which it belongs. II - The operator of an organised trading system may not carry on the business of a systematic inter…

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