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Showing 65216530 of 8385 articles for Art. CE 26-11-1982 n° 30956

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-5-1

…anises a response system for psychiatric emergencies in conjunction with the emergency medical services, the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services, the national police services, the na…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-10

…of cover pursuant to e of 1° of article L. 432-2 to companies authorised to carry out credit insurance operations in France for guarantees granted by these companies to companies in the following two…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-12

…perty by public auction mentioned in Article L. 321-4 may guarantee the seller a minimum auction price for the property offered for sale. If the property has been estimated, this price may not be set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-17

…ales of furniture by public auction mentioned in Article L. 321-4 and the public or ministerial officers competent to carry out judicial and voluntary sales, as well as the experts who assist them in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Music Ombudsman

Article R214-15

…the dispute, which shall be notified to the parties within ten days by letter delivered against a receipt or by letter delivered against a signature or by any other means capable of establishing proof…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application of plant variety certificates, duration and scope of the breeder's right

Article D623-58-1

…ns: 1° The words: "Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle" are replaced by the words: "Head of the national plant variety authority" and the words: "Institut national d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 27: Construction products

Article R412-43

…on (EU) 2019/1020 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity as regards providers of order fulfilment services, as defined in Article 3…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L764-1

…g provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Ordinance no. 2020-1733 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicable…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to administrative detention centres and premises

Article R744-14

…premises and equipment will enable health staff to give consultations and provide care in detention centres and premises.The conditions under which health establishments intervene on behalf of detaine…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property

Article L2542-27

As an exception to the provisions of article L. 2223-17, on an exceptional basis, when a thirty-year, fifty-year, hundred-year or perpetual plot, granted before 11 November 1918 to persons who, on 22…

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