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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Focus

Article L724-1

…w it, the commission prescribes treatment measures under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 732-1, L. 733-1, L. 733-4 and L. 733-7. When the debtor is in an irremediably compromised situation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Access to personal health information.

Article R1111-5

When, in the circumstances provided for in the fourth paragraph of article L. 1111-7, the holder of the information gathered in the context of involuntary hospitalisation or hospitalisation at the req…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article R513-20

…tate of the European Union and meeting the criteria of a of 1 of Article 416 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 ;2° Within the limit of the su…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Accelerated substantive procedure

Article R1455-12

…lodged, investigated and judged under the following conditions: 1° Article 481-1, paragraphs 3 and 7 of the Code of Civil Procedure are applied; 2° The judgement is provisionally enforceable, unless…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings

Article R692-8

I.-The request submitted by the insolvency practitioner of the main insolvency proceedings pursuant to Article L. 692-8 shall be accompanied by: 1° The undertaking; 2° The list of claims of local cred…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Loans taken out and guarantees granted by the network's establishments.

Article R712-34

The granting by a network institution of the guarantees mentioned in 3° of article R. 712-7 is subject to the following rules: 1° The granting of guarantees means the granting of loan guarantees or su…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-5

…be informed that the hospitalisation regime then becomes that provided for by the articles L. 3213-7 and L. 3213-8 of this code, and recalled in Article D. 47-29-3 above, and that it may take any app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable in the event of consignment and automated checks

Article A37-13

Notwithstanding articles A. 37-7, A. 37-8, A. 37-9 and A. 37-11, when the offences referred to in Article L. 121-3 of the Highway Code are recorded without intercepting the vehicle and using an automa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article R532-32

…nt procedure for designating, within one month, the reference Member State provided for in Article 37 of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011.Where France…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to infant consultations.

Article R2132-9

…f examinations carried out and treatments prescribed. Only medical staff may consult these records; 7° A garage for children's cars.

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