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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-4

…reatment products and processes complying with the provisions of articles R. 1321-50 and D. 1332-3. IV.The provisions of the second paragraph of II and III do not apply to: 1° Swimming pools in collec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L3335-2

…III of this article. It is distributed among its beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of IV to VII. When the total annual amount of the two levies exceeds 1.6 billion euros, the Local Finan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-27-1

I. - In companies which employ, at the close of two consecutive financial years, at least one thousand permanent employees in the company and its direct or indirect subsidiaries whose registered offic…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Professional capital gains

Article 93 quater

…rm capital gains or losses regime provided for in Article 39 quindecies is applicable to income received by an inventor who is an individual and his successors in title in respect of the transfer or g…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…o the provisions of this Title" are replaced by the words: "the locally applicable Commercial Code".IV. - For the application of Article L. 1522-3, the words: "of Article L. 224-2 of the Commercial Co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-8

…L. 232-10, L. 232-10-3 and L. 232-10-4, shall be suspended for a period of between: a) The cumulative duration of the period of suspension imposed for the first violation and that applicable to the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…8 of the same Code, to the equipment mentioned in Article L. 2335-18 of the said Code and to explosive products intended for military purposes mentioned in Article L. 2352-1 of the same Code; 2° Good…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Liability in the event of an incorrectly executed payment transaction

Article L133-22

I. - Where the payment order is given by the payer, his payment service provider shall, subject to Article L. 133-5, the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 133-21 and Article L. 133-24, be liab…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-22

…of:-the amount of the surrender value or, for contracts linked to the cessation of professional activity, the transfer value ;the amount of the surrender value or, in the case of contracts linked to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-27-2

…an one hundred and twenty years old and no transaction has been carried out on the insured's initiative in the last two years, the insurer is obliged to seek out the beneficiary and, if this search is…

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