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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-1

The extemporaneous preparation or possession of veterinary medicinal products for the purpose of selling or supplying them, whether free of charge or for consideration, by any person other than those…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article R22-10-19

The publication referred to in Article L. 22-10-30 shall contain the following information: the name or corporate name of the person directly or indirectly concerned, the nature of his relationship wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-3

The individual levies calculated for each municipality and each public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status in accordance with

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-86

Where the consumer exercises his right of withdrawal from the timeshare or long-term holiday product contract, any ancillary contract, including the exchange contract, shall be terminated ipso jure wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 386

The preliminary objection is presented before any defence on the merits.It is admissible only if it is of such a nature as to remove the character of an offence from the fact that serves as a basis fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-10

In insurances where the premium is deducted either on the basis of salaries or on the basis of the number of persons or things covered by the contract, it may be stipulated that, for any error or omis…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to global contracts involving design services for a building project

Article D2171-4

In the case of global contracts involving the design of a building, the project management team is given a basic assignment which includes the following elements:1° Preliminary design studies;2° Proje…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-6

The consultation provided for in this Title shall consist, for the head of the undertaking or the leading undertaking in the Community-scale group of undertakings or any other more appropriate level o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R*441-13

The collective operations defined in article R. 441-4 give rise to the conclusion of agreements between the insurance undertaking and an intermediary within the meaning of article L. 511-1, acting on…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for the participation of economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area

Article R2342-8

Where the purchaser decides to open the award procedure to economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, it shall indicate in the call for tenders the acc…

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