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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R822-16

The establishment's resources include:1° Proceeds from its commercial operations, in particular the sale of its publications;2° Resources from its training activities;3° Subsidies or contributions all…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-16

…g, suspending or withdrawing the advertising approval provided for in article L. 5122-8 ; 2° The procedures for applying article L. 5122-9 ; 3° The conditions under which free samples of medicinal pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: Mutual insurance group companies and affiliation agreements

Article R322-162

Mutual insurance group companies may be managed by a board of directors and a general manager or by a supervisory board and a management board, in accordance with the conditions laid down in sub-secti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Obligations and financial responsibility of project owners and principals

Article R1263-16

From the day of receipt of the injunction referred to in Article L. 1262-4-3, the employer posting employees and, where applicable, the principal contracting with the latter shall inform the project o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Credit and property formalities

Article A444-169

The services listed under numbers 178 to 180 of Table 5 give rise to the collection of the following fees: Service number the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of service Emolument…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-16

Without prejudice, where appropriate, to the more serious penalties laid down in respect of breaches of State security, anyone who knowingly breaches one of the obligations or prohibitions laid down i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifying examination

Article A742-16

…rcial law;2° A fifteen-minute oral examination on judicial organisation and civil and commercial procedure;3° A fifteen-minute oral examination on the practice of commercial court registries;4° A fift…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liability insurance

Article R519-16

I. - The civil liability insurance policy taken out by a bank and payment services intermediary pursuant to article L. 519-3-4 shall include cover for an amount that may not be less than a level set b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Data processing by the Commission for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted procreation

Article R2143-16

I.-The processing of personal data provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2143-6 is called the "information system for access to third-party donor data by persons born of medically assisted…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-16

…elating to the extinction of the right of enjoyment, if he or she held such a right, without prejudice to the total or partial offsetting of that compensation against the price of the lease. If the in…

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