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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special provisions relating to inheritance

Article 803

Any purchaser of a property or business located in France and belonging to an estate devolving to one or more heirs, legatees or donees having their de facto or de jure domicile abroad, may not be rel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-1

I.-Internal use pharmacies meet the pharmaceutical needs of the patients cared for by the establishment, service or organisation to which they belong, or within a regional hospital grouping or a healt…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VII: CONTROLS AND PENALTIES

Article L270-1

The provisions of Title I of Book VIII and the provisions of Articles L. 822-1 to L. 822-6, L. 823-11 to L. 823-17, L. 824-11.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

An employee with one of the following mandates benefits from the protection against dismissal provided for in this chapter, including during a safeguarding, receivership or compulsory liquidation proc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L632-1

I. - The following acts are void, where they have occurred since the date of cessation of payments:1° All gratuitous deeds transferring movable or immovable property;2° Any commutative contract in whi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-1

European Companies registered in France in the Trade and Companies Register shall have legal personality from the date of their registration. The European Company shall be governed by the provisions o…

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

Article 874

For the application of article 768, the powers of the national criminal record are exercised by the registry of each court of first instance, which receives, in respect of persons born in the district…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3641-1

I. - The Metropole of Lyon automatically exercises, in place of the municipalities located on its territory, the following competencies:1° In terms of economic, social and cultural development and pla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions of practice.

Article L4111-1

No person may practise the profession of doctor, dental surgeon or midwife unless he or she is : 1° The holder of a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications mentioned in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L5451-1

The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the products concerned, activities which have been the subject of one of the suspension or…

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