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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-17

The first paragraph of article

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 9: Informing and involving residents

Article L5842-12

…bruary 2002 L. 5211-50 Order no. 2015-1341 of 23 October 2015 L. 5211-51 and L. 5211-52 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5211-53 law no. 2013-403 of 17 May 2013 L. 5211-54 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discriminatory refusal of care

Article R1541-1

I.- Pursuant to article 6-2 of organic law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia and article 7 of organic law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polyne…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-5

…midwife may dispense with obtaining the consent of the holder(s) of parental authority for medical decisions to be taken when the preventive action, screening, diagnosis, treatment or intervention is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-1

…e L. 2334-7, the inter-municipality allocation mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5211-28 and, where applicable, the balance of the development allowance provided for in the third paragrap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation

Article L5214-1

…aph are not required for communities of communes existing on the date of publication of Law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 on the strengthening and simplification of inter-communal cooperation, or resulti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures

Article L412-5

…gredient in processed products, on an experimental basis from the publication of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life and until 31 Decem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6

…e net proceeds of the value added tax provided for in C of V of Article 16 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 collected by the département in the previous year;2° The sum of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Complaints by electronic means

Article D8-2-9

The provisions of articles D. 8-2-2 to D. 8-2-6 and D. 8-2-8 are applicable to online services made available to victims to lodge a complaint electronically with the public prosecutor pursuant to Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Mobilisation of mortgage and similar claims

Article L313-48

…I of the French Commercial Code. These provisions apply to mobilisations carried out before 29 June 1999 in application of the provisions of this paragraph.

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