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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-272

…f patients referred to it by emergency medical facilities, in accordance with 5° of article D. 6114-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R512-27

The following natural persons may be members of the regional caisses de crédit maritime mutuel or unions pursuant to 1° of article L. 512-74 : 1° Fishermen who practise sea fishing as their main profe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-25

…ons are distributed under the responsibility of the responsible person referred to in Article R. 1243-12 or, where applicable, the person responsible for the activities referred to in Article R. 1243-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-21

In the cases provided for in article L. 224-25-20, the consumer shall inform the trader of his decision to obtain a price reduction. The price reduction is proportional to the difference between the v…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Accounting

Article D72-104-3

Reversals of overpayments made during the financial year in which the payment was made may be credited back to the article which originally bore the expenditure..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Additional designations

Article L1441-27

The provisions of sections 3 and 4 relating to candidacy and challenges to appointments apply to additional appointments, with the exception of the provisions of articles L. 1441-19, L. 1441-20 and L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-34

…g on a regulated market, the waiver of preferential subscription rights provided for in Article R. 225-122 may not be made in favour of named beneficiaries.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-27

In municipalities with more than 3,500 inhabitants, councillors not belonging to the municipal majority who so request may have the loan of shared premises free of charge. An implementing decree deter…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-25

…evious state of the site; 2° Whether they qualify as building land within the meaning of article L. 322-3 of the French Code de l'expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique, on the date the easement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-25

…is made to the Prefect by the owner of a natural mineral water spring, in application ofarticle L. 1322-5, to prohibit work undertaken within the protection perimeter, the Prefect will have the risks…

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