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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

…ormation of movable tangible property and for which the role of equipment and tools is predominant. III. III. - This Article shall apply to small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Ann…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-28

…eceived an admission card by midnight (Paris time) on the second business day prior to the meeting. III. III -When a shareholder has already cast a postal vote, sent a proxy or requested an admission…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book VI: REMOVAL DECISIONS

Article L630-1

In accordance with article L. 253-1, the provisions of articles L. 631-1 to L. 631-4 and L. 632-1 to L. 632-7, are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book VI: REMOVAL DECISIONS

Article R630-1

In accordance with article R. 253-1, the provisions of articles R. 631-1 and R. 632-1 to R. 632-10 are applicable to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Standards and control

Article L4022-9

…nstitute misconduct liable to result in a sanction as provided for in Part Four of the Defence Code.III.-The terms and conditions for the application of this article will be defined by decree in the C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-2

…of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.III.-The conditions for application of this article are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R294

I.-The first two paragraphs of article R. 69 are worded as follows: "The clerk of the court of first instance of the place of birth, for natural persons, and of the place of the registered office of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Exploitation on television services

Article L233-1

The contract concluded by a television service publisher for the acquisition of rights relating to the broadcasting of a cinematographic work stipulates the period after which this broadcasting may ta…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-title III: Other sources of obligations

Article 1300

Quasi-contracts are purely voluntary acts from which result an obligation on the part of the person who benefits from them without being entitled to do so, and sometimes an obligation on the part of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L6313-1

The following is punishable by a fine of 8,000 euros: 1° Carrying out medical transport without approval or despite the withdrawal of approval ; 2° Putting or keeping in service a vehicle used for lan…

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