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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-10

Communes déléguées (delegated communes) taking the name and territorial boundaries of all the former communes from which the new commune is formed are established within the new commune, except where…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Savings account holders

Article R6341-22

The provisions relating to the periodicity of the professional transition leave, set out in article R. 6323-10-3, do not apply to the holder of a savings passbook and his or her employed spouse, partn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-10

The implementation of medically assisted procreation is preceded by individual interviews of the requesting woman or couple with one or more doctors and other health professionals from the centre's mu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-22

As long as the enforcement of the sentence has not begun, the representative of the public prosecutor's office may, at any time, decide to withdraw the certificate, subject to article 728-22-1. He sha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-22

The health care organisation in which the activities defined in 1° of Article R. 2142-1 are performed must have a doctor experienced in ultrasound and an anaesthetist-resuscitator. In addition, the es…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article R214-226

I.-The cases mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 214-177 and the second paragraph of I of article L. 214-183, in which approval of a specific programme of operations is not required, are a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Groups of companies

Article 223 A

I. - A company, hereinafter referred to as the "parent company", may be solely liable for the corporation tax due on all the profits of the group formed by itself and the companies in which it holds a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 220 X

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article L123-10

Individuals applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register or the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector must declare the address of their business…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-10

Any management lease contract or any other agreement containing similar clauses, granted by the owner or operator of a business that does not meet the conditions provided for in the above articles, is…

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