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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-43

…standing the clause entered by the drawer, the bearer has the protest drawn up, the costs thereof remain at his expense. When the clause emanates from an endorser, or a guarantor, the costs of the pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Conditions for exercising metropolitan mandates

Article L3632-4

…politan Council is at most equal to the reference term mentioned in article L. 3632-1, increased by 45%. It may be increased by 40%, provided that the total amount of the maximum allowances likely to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article R1333-4

Pursuant to 1° of Article L. 1333-2, exemptions to the prohibitions set out in R. 1333-2 and R. 1333-3 may be granted by order of the Minister for Health and, depending on the case, the Minister for C…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Insignia (R).

Article D2122-4

Mayors wear the tricolour scarf with gold fringed tassels in public ceremonies and whenever the performance of their duties may make this distinctive sign of their authority necessary. Deputies wear t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Data and methods of transmission to the health authority

Article R3113-4

…ent or medical laboratory may issue an alert using the information system referred to inArticle R. 1413-58-1. These reports are made available exclusively to authorised staff of the National Public He…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Professionalisation contracts

Article L981-4

…952-1 is allocated to the financing of training actions carried out under the terms of article L. 124-21 and having as their objective the professionalisation of temporary workers or the improvement o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Beneficiaries

Article L434-4

Family reunification may be applied for in respect of the applicant's children under the age of eighteen and those of the applicant's spouse, who are entrusted, as appropriate, to one or the other, by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 486-1

Where the application for interim relief relates to an investigative measure carried out by a technician or to an expert assessment measure, the defendant who has indicated, before the hearing, that h…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-8

The person in respect of whom habilitation has been granted retains the exercise of his rights other than those the exercise of which has been entrusted to the person empowered to represent him pursua…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-49

The decision authorising the use of the device referred to in article 230-47 shall include all the information needed to identify the places concerned and shall specify its duration. The authorisation…

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