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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article L812-10

…shable by the penalties incurred for the offence of usurpation of title provided for by Article 433-17 of the Penal Code. The same penalties will apply to anyone who uses a name that bears a resemblan…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIc : Mobile electronic anti-seizure devices for the protection of victims of violence

Article 1136-16

…rties, to enable the judge to determine the warning and pre-alert distances defined in article 1136-17 of this Code. When the judge orders the wearing of a mobile anti-seizure device, he shall ensure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-13

…of 16 April 2014 within 15 days of the date of validation of the application referred to in Article 17(5) of this Regulation. If the competent authority has sent a request for additional information t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-9

…demption of their securities, shares or units, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 125-17 and L. 125-18.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and resources

Article R411-9

…cial assistance to any of them, in particular to the State under the conditions laid down inarticle 17 of the organic law no. 2001-692 of 1 August 2001 on finance laws, for actions relating to social…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-9

…ised with this data controller under the conditions set out in articles 39, 40 and 43 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties. The data control…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 43

…atters. The same applies to appeals under article 699 of the local code of civil procedure, article 17 (paragraph 2) of the law of 30 June 1878 relating to indemnities granted to witnesses and experts…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Natural gas distribution

Article D2224-49

…inciples of consistency of methods and independence of financial periods defined in articles L. 123-17 and L. 123-21 of the French Commercial Code and ensures the comparability of data from one financ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-19

For the application of the fifth paragraph of article L. 3332-17, the appraised value of the company is determined in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 3332-22 and R. 3332-23. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-21

…R. 713-13 : a) The first paragraph reads as follows: "The commission provided for in Article L. 713-17, known as the election organisation commission, competent to organise, in the constituency of the…

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