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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions required to practise as an orthopaedic technician

Article D4364-9

The following may practise the profession of ocularist or epithesist: 1° Holders of the French State diploma for ocularists or the French State diploma for epithesists mentioned in article D. 4364-7 ;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-8

…stics and conditions of implementation of these activities, due to the risks or inconveniences they may present for the interests mentioned in article L. 1333-7 and the adequacy of the regulatory cont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Commercial facilities.

Article A750-3

…information recorded in connection with the investigation of cases are set out in Table A of Annex 7-7. The categories of information recorded under the census and control mission of authorised areas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-2

…nformation sheet referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020 shall be drawn up in French. However, under the conditions and within the limits set…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Referral to the civil or administrative courts

Article L524-3

…ngement or failure to comply with the provisions mentioned in articles L. 511-5, L. 511-6 et L. 511-7 or in Book IV, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may a…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R322-28

The compulsory sale may only be postponed in the event of force majeure or at the request of the Commission de surendettement (excessive debt commission) made pursuant to articles L. 722-4 or L. 721-7…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-12

I.-The composition of the affected assets may be relied on ipso jure against creditors whose rights arose after the declaration referred to in article L. 526-7. By derogation from articles 2284 and 22…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article D40-3

…rticle 81 which must be sent to the public prosecutor or the president of the investigating chamber may be the copy in digital format provided for by Article D. 15-7. It may be sent by electronic mean…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…mitments granted by a credit institution or finance company authorised in France under: 1° Article 1799-1 of the Civil Code, Article 1 of Law no. 71-584 of 16 July 1971, as amended, designed to regula…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…Article D. 123-80-1 Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020Article D. 123-200Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 20202° The provisions of Book II mentioned in the left-hand column below shall apply in t…

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