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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5223-4

…on, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may give formal notice to the person for whose benefit the advertising is disseminated, within a spe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The National Supporters' Forum

Article D224-3

The members of the Instance nationale du supportérisme mentioned in 1° to 3° and 6° to 9° of article D. 224-2 are appointed by order of the Minister for Sport for a period of three years.The term of o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Execution time for payment transactions and value dates

Article L133-13

…e end of the first business day following receipt of the payment order as defined in article L. 133-9. This period may be extended by a further business day for payment transactions ordered on paper.I…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: The obligation to insure.

Article L251-3

…to the possibilities of cancellation mentioned in articles L. 113-3, L. 113-4, L. 113-6 and L. 113-9, in the event of cancellation or denunciation of tacit renewal at the insurer's initiative, under…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial and accounting system

Article R411-19

…220 to 228 as well as the State's economic and financial control as defined by Decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 as amended relating to State control over national public companies and certain bodies…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-2-1

I. - Notwithstanding Articles L. 227-1 and L. 227-9, when a société par actions simplifiée makes an offer referred to in 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code relating to its capit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-5

…nseil d'Etat.By agreement between the companies promoting the transaction, the statutory auditor(s) may draw up a written report for the shareholders of all the companies.The provisions of the third a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-8

…ent must at the same time produce a copy of the legal texts applicable to the act complained of. It may attach a statement of the facts of the case. When it comes from a Member State of the European U…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-10

…n article L. 4211-1 of the Defence Code or required in application of articles L. 3131-8 or L. 3131-9 and who are enrolled in the third year of pharmacy studies may, if they have completed the pharmac…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Communication obligations of the Consumer Ombudsman

Article R614-1

…the mediation of consumer disputes; 8° The cases in which, pursuant to Article L. 612-2, a dispute may not be the subject of mediation; 9° The list of languages used for mediation; 10° The link to th…

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