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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Fire and rescue services

Article R1424-36

A communal or inter-communal first response centre may be created by prefectoral decree, if the deliberative body of the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation so requests, aft…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Conciliation

Article R4233-37

…entral council is responsible for failing to comply with the time limit referred to in article R. 4234-36, the author of the complaint may ask the president of the national council to refer the matter…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article R6341-32

To enable recipients of social assistance to receive the allowances they may be entitled to, the department responsible for paying this remuneration or, where applicable, the Services and Payment Agen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Dispensing to minors of medicinal products indicated in emergency contraception and not subject to compulsory medical prescription.

Article D5134-3

When a minor has been dispensed the medicinal products indicated in the emergency contraception, the pharmacist sends the health insurance fund to which he belongs an invoice drawn up on a care sheet…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-3

…conditions set out in articles R. 125-18 and R. 125-19 of the French Construction and Housing Code;3° An enlarged site plan;4° A plan of the site and its surroundings;5° Plan(s) of the stands;6° A pl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R443-3

…to the prefecture and sub-prefecture are replaced by references to the representation of the State; 3° Article R. 414-6 is worded as follows:"Art. R. 414-6.-The exercise by a foreigner of a salaried p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-3

The number of members of a société à responsabilité limitée may not exceed one hundred. If the company comes to include more than one hundred members, it is dissolved after a period of one year unless…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizure for counterfeiting

Article L332-3

If the distrainor fails, within a period set by regulation, either to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, the entire seizure, including the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-3

Where the price cannot reasonably be calculated in advance because of the nature of the good or service, the trader shall provide the method of calculating the price and, where appropriate, any additi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Information mentioned in the contract

Article L312-30

…rovided. This provision does not apply to the revolving credit agreements referred to in article L. 312-57.

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