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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

In good time and before any commitment on his part, the consumer shall receive from the trader in a clear and comprehensible manner, in writing or on an easily accessible durable medium, accurate and…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-1

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,225-4-1,225-4-7,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-1

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-10,432-11,432-12…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between a supplementary occupational pension fund and an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-8

…When the agreement of the subscriber cannot be obtained because the companies of the employers concerned are in liquidation or have disappeared, only the agreement of the beneficiaries obtained in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-4

The liquidator shall proceed with the liquidation operations at the same time as the verification of claims. He may initiate or pursue actions that fall within the jurisdiction of the mandataire judic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-1

…y name, the geographical address of his establishment and, if different, that of his registered office, his telephone number and his e-mail address; >The terms of payment, the conditions of use and th…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-6

Administrative detention centres meet the following standards:1° A minimum usable surface area of ten square metres per detainee, including rooms and areas freely accessible during working hours;2° No…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-18

…or value added tax pursuant to Article 256 A of the General Tax Code who make the first sale in France of medical devices defined in Article L. 5211-1 of this Code and in vitro diagnostic medical devi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…ral pharmacies. However, these provisions do not apply to the cases provided for by the law of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a le…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L917-1-1

…pter III of Title I of Book VII do not apply. II.-The electors of the Chamber of Agriculture, Commerce, Industry, Trades and Crafts are divided into three colleges representing: 1° Activities in the a…

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