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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obstacles to the legal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2223-1

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the acts, and whose statutory purpose includes defending the rights of women to access contraception and terminatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2442-2-1

…d by the words: "the organisation's multidisciplinary team";2° The fourth paragraph of I is deleted;3° In the first paragraph of II, the words: "The parents exercising parental authority over a minor"…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L4001-1

…health emergency, implemented by the regional health agencies in application of article L. 1431-2; 3° On a voluntary basis, participation in health monitoring, surveillance and safety activities.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R310-5

…other documents intended for distribution to the public or published by a company mentioned in 1°, 3° and 4° of article L. 310-2 must bear, after the name or company name, the following words in unif…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-93

…the event of realisation of the risks they have assumed; 2° Are regional or professional in nature; 3° Do not remunerate any intermediary for the acquisition of contracts; 4° Do not pay any remunerati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional aid for particularly vulnerable farmers

Article 919-76

…ed company known as "Institut pour le financement du cinéma et des industries culturelles" (IFCIC); 3° A member of IFCIC's committee of professional experts for cinema exhibition, appointed by its Cha…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Supporting documents and other evidence of the absence of grounds for exclusion

Article R2343-8

The purchaser accepts as sufficient proof that the applicant is not in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in Article L. 2341-1, Article L. 2141-4, 1° of Article L. 2341-3 and Article L. 2141-5, t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-11

…amme;2° Establish the dimensions of the structure and its appearance in plans, sections and façades;3° Define the construction principles, materials and technical installations;4° Drawing up the final…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: WORKS

Article R2412-1

…ember 2007 approving the nomenclatures of French activities and products;2° Power generation plants;3° District heating plants;4° Waste treatment units.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Liquidation

Article L237-8

…animously by the general partners and by a majority in number and capital of the limited partners ; 3° In sociétés à responsabilité limitée, by the majority required to amend the articles; 4° In socié…

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