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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article R331-20

I.-A referral sent to the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique by a rights holder under the conditions provided for in I of Article L. 331-27 shall be made by register…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 6: Temporary storage (R).

Article R2213-29

…orisation for the deposit is given by the mayor of the commune of the place of deposit, after verification that the formalities prescribed by article R. 2213-17 and by the articles 78 et seq. of the C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Retention of records and documents

Article R518-29

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations is authorised to cease to retain all records and documents relating directly or indirectly to payments of sums or remittances of securities or bills of exchange cons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Retention of records and documents

Article R518-28

The archives of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations consist of all documents, including data, managed by the archives department of the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, wherever and in whatever…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Terms and conditions for loans contracted by private-sector entities (R).

Article D3231-2

The provisions of articles D. 1511-30 to D. 1511-35 are applicable to the departments.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for storing documents.

Article R1131-20

The written consent and the duplicates of the prescription for the examination of genetic characteristics and the commented and signed medical biology analysis reports are kept by the prescribing doct…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

I.-Subject to the application of the provisions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the c…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-2

Holiday vouchers may be issued to public authorities and approved service providers in payment of expenses incurred on national territory by beneficiaries for their holidays, transport, accommodation,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agreements between regional health agencies and complementary health insurance organisations

Article R1434-28

…s defined as part of the regional multi-annual plan for risk management and efficiency in the healthcare system, as well as commitments regarding the implementation of the regional health project refe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-26

…L. 224-21 and L. 224-22. However, this supervisory committee is optional when the payments are allocated solely to the acquisition of units in company mutual funds mentioned inarticle L. 214-164 of t…

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