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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-31

…judicial authorities and criminal investigation departments, provided that it relates to their duties.It may also transmit information it holds to the services mentioned in articles L. 811-2 and L. 81…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-10

…one or more merger commissioners, appointed by court decision and subject to the incompatibilities with regard to the participating companies set out in Article L. 822-11-3, draw up, under their resp…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-1

For the purposes of 1° and 3° to 6° of article L. 111-1, the trader shall provide the consumer with the following information: 1° His name or company name, the geographical address of his establishmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-35-1

I. - As from 1st January 2001, notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 2332-2, before its budget is voted, the newly-created public establishment of intercommunal cooperation subject to the provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-20

…llution, a common profile may be drawn up by the person or persons responsible for the bathing waters.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Online sales of corrective lenses and corrective ocular contact lenses

Article R4362-14

…4, both for the company in charge of the distance-selling activity and for the opticians practising within this structure or in association with it; 4° The registration number, pursuant to Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-117-2

…e of the methods laid down by joint order of the Ministers of Health and Agriculture; 4° Compliance with the information given in the contra-indications and precautions for use sections of the summary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Termination of service

Article R6152-377

Without prejudice to the provisions relating to dismissal for disciplinary misconduct or professional inadequacy mentioned in articles R. 6152-370 and R. 6152-372, the dismissal of a practitioner with…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5 : Provisions relating to the official statement of offence and the payment notice drawn up by a motorway operator's sworn toll official

Article A37-32

…toll plaza or devices enabling vehicles to be identified and the amount of the toll to be collected without recourse to a physical barrier, commune[s], département[s]), the registration number, catego…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…er the conditions laid down by the legislation and regulations applicable locally and in compliance with the powers of the local authority; 2° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 in…

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