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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Cross-sectional imaging equipment used for diagnostic radiology purposes

Article D6124-229

…t ionising radiation. II.-the holder has premises comprising at least: 1° A patient reception area; 2° An area dedicated to patient examination; 3° An area for preparing for the examination and commun…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration application

Article L512-2

The application for registration shall be filed in the forms and under the conditions laid down in this Book. It shall contain, on pain of inadmissibility, the identification of the applicant and a re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-23

…atest, within fourteen days of communicating his decision to withdraw in accordance with Article L. 221-21, unless the trader offers to recover the goods himself. The consumer only bears the direct co…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-2

…e deliberations of the tender committee may be organised remotely under the conditions of Order No. 2014-1329 of 6 November 2014 on remote deliberations of administrative bodies of a collegiate nature…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Organisation and operation

Article L1232-2

The State representative in the department, special-status collectivity or overseas collectivity governed by Articles 73 or 74 or Title XIII of the Constitution is the territorial delegate of the Nati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-2

In all the cases provided for in this paragraph 3, the court may, at the request of the parties or of its own motion, assign by judgment one of its members or one of the investigating judges of the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 729-2

…is sentence for the duration of the assistance and supervision measures provided for in l'article 732. At the end of this period, if the conditional release decision has not been revoked, the foreign…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Payment.

Article L511-29

Where a bill of exchange is stipulated to be payable in a currency which is not current at the place of payment, the amount may be paid in the currency of the country, according to its value on the da…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The status of the sole trader

Article L526-24

…failure to comply with his tax obligations, under the conditions set out in I and II of article L. 273 B of the Book of Tax Procedures, or serious and repeated failure to comply with the collection o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Preparation of the draft plan.

Article L626-2

…trator, shall propose a plan, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article L. 622-10.The draft plan mentions the commitments to make cash contributions made for the implementation…

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