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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article R450-1

…in particular: 1° The name, position and place of residence of the official summoning the offender; 2° The assumed identity under which the check was carried out; >The date and time of the check 3° Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-1-3

I.- By way of derogation from the second paragraph ofArticle L. 1111-2 andArticle L. 1111-7, only the doctor prescribing the examination of genetic characteristics is authorised to communicate the res…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article L133-19

The rules relating to the upgrading to a higher demographic category of municipalities classified as tourist resorts within the meaning of sub-section 2 of section 2 of this chapter are set out in the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article R427-3

The annual flat-rate contribution instituted in V of article L. 426-1 is due in respect of any insurance contract concluded pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 1142-2 of the Public Health Co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 723-6

…The expertise, reputation, experience and financial capacity of the applicant and partner companies;2° The coherence of the distribution project budget;3° The diversity of the planned modes of exploit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Micro-organisms and toxins.

Article L5439-1

…° The offences referred to in the first paragraph have been committed as part of an organised gang; 2° These same offences have been committed on a telecommunications network intended for a non-specif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article R4252-3

…after consulting the Economic and Social Council, and in accordance with the provisions of 1° and 2° of article R. 4252-1, the list of groups and institutions called upon to propose candidates. This…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant

Article R2334-7

The allocation accruing to each commune under the first fraction of the rural solidarity grant provided for in article L. 2334-21 is equal to the product of the population, taken into account within t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

…1 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018; 2° If expressly requested by the issuing company or its authorised representative, the information s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Recognition, review and withdrawal of regulated market status

Article L421-6

…twelve months, if it expressly renounces it or if the market has ceased to operate for six months; 2° If the market undertaking has obtained the authorisation by making false declarations or by any o…

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