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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article R811-1

The approval of consumer defence associations provided for in article L. 811-1 may be granted to any association: 1° Which, on the date of the application for approval, can prove that it has been in e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article A370-1

The documents sent by the competent authorities of the State in which the institution referred to in Article L. 370-1 has its registered office or principal place of business and referred to in the fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-4

…c rules for the formation of the types of companies mentioned in Article L. 6223-1, the acquisition by a natural person or legal entity of shareholdings in companies operating a medical biology labora…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-7

Article L. 441-11 II is amended as follows: 1° 1° is worded as follows: "1° For purchases of perishable agricultural and food products and frozen or deep-frozen meat, deep-frozen fish, ready-made meal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Principles

Article L7331-2

…ivity and employment is any natural person who : 1° Creates and develops an economic activity while benefiting from individualised support and pooled services implemented by the cooperative with a vie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Due diligence on the part of project owners and principals

Article R1263-12

The project owner or client who has a contract with an employer established outside France shall request the following documents from his co-contractor before the start of each posting of one or more…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: National Commission (R)

Article R1425-22

The national commission, mentioned in articles L. 1424-22 and L. 1424-23, is set up by joint order of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister responsible for Overseas France. It comprises: a) A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-92

…ations for funding under the second fraction are sent to the regional prefect. They are accompanied by:a) The final preliminary project for the project;b) The deliberation of the deliberative body of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial assistance

Article R5213-78

…iations set out in the Finance Act, to adapted companies that have signed a multi-year contract of objectives and resources referred to in article L. 5213-13 ; b) The aforementioned aid cannot be comb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5-1

…there is a risk to patients' health, proprietary medicinal products which fulfil the conditions for being a reference proprietary medicinal product in an existing generic group may, by decision of the…

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