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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article R742-7

…licable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 213-15n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007R. 213-16n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 213-16-1n° 2017-1165 of 12 July 2017

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article R743-7

…licable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 213-15n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007R. 213-16n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 213-16-1n° 2017-1165 of 12 July 2017

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Obligations

Article R744-7

…licable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 213-15n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007R. 213-16n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 213-16-1n° 2017-1165 of 12 July 2017

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R4113-26

…lles de chirurgiens-dentistes". The liability of each partner towards the person entrusted to him remains personal and entire, without prejudice to the application ofarticle 16 of law no. 66-879 of 29…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting

Article L221-17

When a trader contacts a consumer by telephone under the conditions set out in article L. 221-16, the use of a masked number is prohibited. The number displayed before the call is established pursuant…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-3

…des baux ruraux, of the tribunal judiciaire spécialement désigné en application de l'article L. 211-16, of the cour d'appel spécialement désignée en application de l'article

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R122-5

…ociation or a sports company seeks to transfer, in compliance with the provisions of article L. 122-16, its name, trademark or any other distinctive sign or to authorise the use thereof or to grant a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-45

…y entities which control the person requesting the redemption, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the Commercial Code, or which are controlled under the same conditions by that person, as well…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Territories and territorial health councils

Article L1434-9

…application to medical biology laboratories of the territoriality rules defined in articles L. 6211-16, L. 6212-3, L. 6212-6, L. 6222-2, L. 6222-3, L. 6222-5 and L. 6223-4. When certain actions to be…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…in article L. 1311-4 of the Public Health Code and Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Building and Housing Code, as well as contracts awarded to deal…

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