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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-11

…basis by means of the contribution referred to in 1° of the I of article L. 2135-10 and, where applicable, voluntary contributions paid pursuant to 2° of the same I ;2° The participation of employees'…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article R517-11

…panies, parent undertakings of finance companies and mixed financial holding companies shall communicate the following information to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution when it is th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-115

…Council of the Association in whose area of jurisdiction their place of professional practice is located will, as part of the process of registration on the roll, register the information provided fo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Small modifications

Article R2194-8

The contract may be modified where the amount of the modification is less than the European thresholds set out in the notice annexed to this code and less than 10% of the amount of the initial contrac…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-1

…estroyed under the supervision of customs officers if the following conditions are met: 1° The applicant has confirmed in writing and by means of a detailed expert report to the customs authorities, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-118

…ging of the proprietary medicinal product benefiting from a parallel import authorisation are identical to those of the proprietary medicinal product which has obtained marketing authorisation in Fran…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 87

When the body of a deceased person is found and can be identified, a death record must be drawn up by the civil registrar of the presumed place of death, regardless of the time elapsed between the dea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-8

…rtising to the public for a medicinal product mentioned in article L. 5122-6 as well as advertising campaigns to the public for vaccinations are subject to prior authorisation from the Agence national…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of the market undertaking

Article L421-11

…disposal at all times adequate resources, organisation and monitoring procedures to identify significant risks that could jeopardise the smooth operation of the regulated market that it manages, and t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating principally to the assets and property of the business

Article A444-118

The abandonment of property or rights (number 98 in Table 5) gives rise to the collection of:1° In the case of unilateral abandonment by separate deed, a fixed fee of €26.41;2° In the case of abandonm…

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