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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

…term of the lease may not be less than nine years.However, the lessee has the option of giving notice of termination at the end of a three-year period, at least six months in advance, by registered l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article L1435-1

…ll inform the territorially competent State representative and the local elected representatives concerned without delay of any health event presenting a risk to the health of the population or likely…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Product monitoring and governance requirements

Article L516-1

I.-Insurance undertakings, as well as intermediaries when designing insurance products, shall develop, apply and update in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/2358 of 21 Septembe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L4223-1

…for pharmacists without meeting the conditions required by this Book constitutes the illegal practice of the profession of pharmacist. Illegal practice is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pensions

Article R143-2

I. - For the application of article L. 143-2, and without prejudice to article L. 132-21-1, the transfer value of a member of an original contract not covered by article L. 441-1 to the host contract…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 777-3

…es and freedoms may be made between the automated national criminal record and any other file or processing of personal data held by any person or by a State department not under the authority of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-4

…res.It is automatically deemed to be an authorisation to operate, subject to a declaration of commencement of activity to the Regional Health Agency and, where applicable, the carrying out of the comp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-81

…ding a proxy to the company without indicating a mandate; 8° The indication that under no circumstances may the shareholder return both the proxy form and the postal voting form to the company. In the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Establishment of criminal record cards

Article R69

…notified, shall record on the records the particulars prescribed in articles 769 and 769-1. The notice intended for the automated national criminal record service is drawn up and, subject to the provi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-27

…ism: 1° Guarantee commitments made in favour of the following persons: a) Credit institutions, finance companies, portfolio management companies and investment firms, in their own name and on their ow…

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