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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Effects of the guarantee between the creditor and the guarantor

Article 2302

…person of the amount of the principal of the debt, interest and other accessories outstanding at 31 December of the previous year in respect of the guaranteed obligation, on pain of forfeiture of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-2

…e person concerned holds the corresponding qualifications. However, doctors who qualified before 31 December 1952, veterinary surgeons and dentists who qualified before 31 July 1950, and midwives who…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L764-11

…ts 3rd paragraph Law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 452-3 and L. 452-4Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 II.-For the application of I: 1° Article L. 452-1 is amended as follows: a) In the fir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L763-11

…ts 3rd paragraph Law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 452-3 and L. 452-4Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 II.-For the application of I: 1° Article L. 452-1 is amended as follows: a) In the fir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investor protection

Article L762-11

…ts 3rd paragraph Law no. 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 452-3 and L. 452-4Order no. 2000-1223 of 14 December 2000 II.-For the application of I: 1° Article L. 452-1 is amended as follows: a) In the fir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-28

The decisions referred to in Article 103-1 of Decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 on the reorganisation and judicial liquidation of companies are forwarded by the Banque de France to each banker wh…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-90

The 60% and 51% quotas mentioned in 1° of article L. 214-37 are met on 30 June and 31 December of each financial year, at the end of the three-year period mentioned in article L. 214-42. In the event…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article R722-39

…the agreement concluded between the lawyer and the judge under Article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, the State may enter into an agreemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pharmacy professions

Article R4443-1-1

…Code of Civil Procedure of New Caledonia or Articles 24 and 25 of Deliberation No 2001-200 AFP of 4 December 2001 on the Code of Civil Procedure of French Polynesia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-1

…e to the provisions of Title III of Book V of the Environmental Code and Decree no. 2001-1192 of 13 December 2001 on the control of the export, import and transfer of dual-use goods and technologies.…

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