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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of Commercial Court Judges.

Article L723-2

The persons mentioned in article L. 723-1 may form part of the electoral college only on condition :

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article R1254-2

With the exception of articles R. 1251-12, R. 1251-18 and R. 1251-25 to R. 1251-29, the procedures for setting up and implementing the financial guarantee provided for in paragraph 2 of the single sub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe 1-5

…an appendix to the Trade and Companies Register will not be made public pursuant to article L. 232-25 of the Commercial Code and the first paragraph of article L. 524-6-6 of the rural and maritime fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-202

…ts relating to childbirth performed as part of the care activity mentioned in 3° of Article R. 6122-25; 8° Neurosurgery limited to lesions of peripheral nerves and lesions of the vertebro-discal and i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

…eferrals addressed to the authority under the conditions set out in article L. 331-19. These agents may obtain information from the telecommunications operators and from the public authorities. These…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-2

I. - A single supplementary occupational pension fund may cover several contracts relating to supplementary occupational pension commitments and may, by way of derogation from the provisions of the Fr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking having its registered office outside the European Union

Article R356-6

…sion exercised by a supervisory authority of a third country to that mentioned in Article L. 356-11 may be determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 3 and 5 of Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-40

I. - Provided that the payment account is accessible online, the payer may contact a payment service provider of his choice to obtain the payment initiation service referred to in 7° of II of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-4

…ich does not bear the forgery-proof security device, in breach of the provisions of Article L. 3512-25; 5° Any modification or alteration, by any person involved in the trade in tobacco products, from…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…311-8 and 311-9, at least equal to 25% of the final cost of the work or 25% of the French participation in the case of an international…

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