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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Emergency contraception in secondary education establishments and university and inter-university student health services

Article D5134-5

The conditions under which emergency contraception not subject to compulsory prescription may be administered to day and boarding pupils in secondary education establishments, in application of the pr…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6152-335

Contractual practitioners carry out the medical acts of diagnosis, treatment and emergency care provided by public health establishments and participate in the missions defined in articles L. 6111-1 a…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-68-1

I.-For the application of the second paragraph of Article L. 232-25, the categories of legal persons who finance or invest, directly or indirectly, in companies, or provide services for the benefit of…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-1

For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° "Act of terrorism": the acts defined in Article 1(4) of Council Regulation (EU) No 2580/2001 of 27 December 2001 on specific…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-14

When the contested payment notice has been notified by the Agence nationale de traitement automatisé des infractions, the rectifying payment notice is notified by the same means. The municipality, the…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-47

The Board of Directors shall elect from among its members a Chairman who shall be a natural person, failing which the appointment shall be null and void. It shall determine his remuneration.The Chairm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2-1

…ions set out in articles L. 324-8-1 to L. 324-8-6, the contract by which an approved collective management organisation authorises an online content sharing service provider to exploit the works of au…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 septies : Deduction of profit-sharing payments

Article 151 decies

Sums allocated by way of profit-sharing to sole traders, members of partnerships who have not opted to be subject to corporation tax and to collaborating spouses and partners who are allocated to the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: EDICTION

Article L321-2

…try is the subject of a written decision issued after a non-adversarial procedure. Reasons shall be given for the decision, unless this is contrary to considerations of national security.If the foreig…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 35

Where several claims based on different and unrelated facts are made by one plaintiff against the same adversary and joined in one proceeding, the jurisdiction and rate of jurisdiction shall be determ…

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