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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 8: Repeat bids

Article R322-67

…L. 322-12 and articles…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-13

…ipalities or their own tax groupings, as well as the public establishments mentioned in articles L. 121-9 and L. 121-9-1 of the town planning code, as well as risk prevention plans. The draft plan ado…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-15

…approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers in force, subject to the provisions of Articles L. 612-39 and L. 612-40 ; b) Natural persons placed under the authority of or acting on behalf of one of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Organisation and supplementary content of the economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-9

In the absence of an agreement provided for in article L. 2312-21, in undertakings with at least three hundred employees, the economic, social and environmental database provided for in article L. 231…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-21

…The likely effects of the cross-border merger on the company resulting from the cross-border merger 12° the likely effects of the cross-border merger on employment; 13° The arrangements for making a b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 ter

…ishments and private establishments under contract with the State under articles L. 442-5 et L. 442-12 of the Education Code;3° Office premises with a surface area of less than 100 square metres, comm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-17

…Any professional involved in the care of a person in application of articles L. 1110-4 and L. 1110-12 may access and add to the person's shared medical record, subject to the person's prior consent.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-17

…16 also covers data relating to the identity and non-identifying data mentioned in Article R. 2143-12 of third-party donors subject to the provisions of Chapter III of Title IV of Book I of Part Two…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-54

…er, for quarterly financial years ending between 2 January 2017 and 1 January 2018;c) No later than 12 weeks after the end of the quarter, for quarterly financial years ending between 2 January 2018 a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R224-5

TYPICAL FORM FOR WITHDRAWAL PRECIOUS METAL PURCHASE (The font size used may not be smaller than a 12-point font size) (To withdraw, you can use this model withdrawal form or any other unambiguous writ…

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