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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Declaration of provision of services

Article R4112-9-1

I. - Within one month of receipt of the declaration, the conseil national de l'ordre shall inform the service provider, on the basis of an examination of his file, either: 1° Either that he may commen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4331-12-1

I.-Within one month of receipt of the declaration, the Prefect of the region referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 4331-12 will inform the service provider, in the light of the examination…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Deconcentrated services

Article R8122-2

I. - The Regional Director of the Economy, Employment, Labour and Solidarity has authority over the Departmental Directors of Employment, Labour and Solidarity and the Departmental Directors of Employ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 219

…e et numérique under the conditions provided for in article 30-1 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication ;2° Securities of companies controlling a company defined in 1° of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Procedure.

Article L145-58

The owner may, until the expiry of a period of fifteen days from the date on which the decision has become final, avoid payment of the compensation, on condition that he bears the costs of the proceed…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Rights of producers of videograms

Article L215-1

The producer of videograms is the person, natural or legal, who has the initiative and responsibility for the first fixation of a sequence of images with or without sound. The authorisation of the pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Preventing the unlawful downloading and making available of works and subject-matter protected by copyright or related rights

Article L336-1

Where software is primarily used for the unlawful making available of works or objects protected by a literary and artistic property right, the president of the judicial court, ruling in summary proce…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Default by the borrower

Article L312-39

…addition, the lender may demand compensation from the defaulting borrower which, depending on the remaining term of the contract and without prejudice to the application of the article 1231-5 of the C…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable income

Article 72 C

…1 of Article 39 (1). The total amount of provisions for price increases set aside before 1 January 1984 may, as from the first financial year opened after that date, be reintegrated in equal fraction…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 76

Unless Article 82-1, lack of jurisdiction may be declared of its own motion in the event of a breach of a rule of jurisdiction of attribution where this rule is a matter of public policy or where the…

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