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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair terms

Article R212-4

The 3° of article R. 212-1 and 6° of article R. 212-2 do not preclude the existence of clauses by which the supplier of financial services reserves the right to change the rate of interest owed by or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Revenue

Article L3543-1

…dies and contributions from communes, their groupings and third parties to operating expenditure ;" 6° Other resources from the State, the European Union and other local authorities;" 7° Proceeds from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the entry into national territory of the elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they are not authorised in the Member State of origin

Article R1245-15

…Agreement on the European Economic Area that do not have the authorisation provided for in Article 6(2) of Directive 2004/23/EC on setting standards of quality and safety for the donation, procuremen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialised committees

Article R4641-12

…inted by decision of the Director General of Labour from among those nominated in 2° of Article R. 4641-6 ; 3° For the college of national social security, expertise and prevention bodies: five repres…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-20

…ring a six-month period, an intern interrupts his duties for more than two months under articles R. 6153-13 to R. 6153-18, R. 6153-26 or R. 6153-40 or is absent for more than two months under conditio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-24

Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 6, the officials mentioned in Article L. 1421-1 who are not radiation protection inspectors and the officials mentioned in Article L. 1435-7 may, under t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-29

…ided for in Articles L. 531-2 to L. 531-23.In the cases provided for in 3° of Article L. 531-24 and 6° of Article L. 531-27, the Office will rule within ninety-six hours and will take account of the a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after registration of the company resulting from the cross-border transaction

Article L2374-1

…ny resulting from a cross-border merger is registered, the agreement referred to in Article L. 2372-6 or a collective agreement concluded at the appropriate level may decide to abolish or to adjust th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Appointment of members of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article R2197-12

…of the committees, two persons competent to sit on the committees pursuant to 4° of article R. 2197-6 and 3° of article R. 2197-7 are drawn up: 1° For the national committee, by the Minister responsib…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of the file

Article L751-5

…ation concerning them contained in the file in accordance with the article 49 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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