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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-26

…to cover all the expenses associated with the dissolution, its deliberative assembly adopts, before 31 March of the year in which the public establishment is wound up, or before 15 April of the year i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Notice

Article R5121-149

…ed to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, the package leaflet must, in addition to the information mentioned above, include the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…to R. 385-20, under the conditions specified by Article 298 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article R561-36-1

…la Cour de cassation and avocats, except where the latter are acting as trustees pursuant toArticle 2015 of the Civil Code, the designation is made under the same conditions as in the first paragraph,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5217-1

…and interregional cooperation and with a concern for balanced territorial development. On 1 January 2015, public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with their own tax status that form, on th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-30

…tion de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique pursuant to Articles L. 137-4, L. 219-4 and L. 331-29 to L. 331-31, the case shall be investigated under conditions that ensure compliance with the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-59

…es juridiques, judiciaires et d'expertise-comptable prévues au titre IV bis de la loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990, they are also applicable to sociétés pluri-professionnelles d'exercice governed by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation of the company

Article R6223-79

…ersons practising the profession of medical biologist may, under the conditions laid down inarticle 31-1 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, set up a "société de participations financières de prof…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals doing a work placement in an establishment or company in the same group that employs them, and family members

Article L421-33

The spouse of the foreign national mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 421-31, as well as the couple's children, will be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the words "mobile I…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Cooperation between Asset Recovery Offices of the Member States in tracing and identifying the proceeds of crime or other crime-related property pursuant to Council Decision 2007/845/JHA of 6 December 2007

Article 695-9-51

…ecy being enforceable against them, subject to the provisions of article 66-5 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions.

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