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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-10

I.-Unless otherwise provided for in the terms and conditions of sale or agreed between the parties, the period for payment of sums due may not exceed thirty days after the date of receipt of the goods…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1074-4

…ither an enforceable extract of court decisions or an enforceable copy of approved agreements that set a maintenance allowance in full or in part in cash without ruling out financial intermediation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-10

…d on the list mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 411-2 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles. The doctors on the team mentioned in the first paragraph of this article must : 1°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-23

For an uninterrupted period beginning no later than the twenty-first day prior to the meeting, companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall publish the following informat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-101-1

Professionals who have obtained authorisation to practise part of the profession concerned appear on a separate list containing the professional title under which they are authorised to practise and t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-10

…rned shall also specify, by express mention in the same report, that they authorise the comparison between their genetic fingerprint and those recorded or likely to be recorded in the file as well as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-2

…Designated public prosecutors and investigating judges, as well as the public prosecutor at the competent court of appeal, may ask specialised assistants, appointed under the conditions set out in art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-27

…hen exercising the voting rights corresponding to proxies received without voting instructions. It sets out the voting policy of the company. It sets out the proxy holder's voting policy by heading co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-109-2

…ctual working time: 1° In seeking preventive measures in all urgent and serious situations; 2° At meetings of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee, the Health, Safety and Working Conditions Com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National tattoo product vigilance system.

Article R513-10-12

When the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé makes a reasoned request, the person responsible for placing the product on the market shall send h…

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