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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-13

The special payment voucher is nominative. It mentions the name of the beneficiary.A decree may specify the cases in which :1° The special payment voucher is payable to a named person, in particular w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-4

The holder of the pharmaceutical record may exercise the right of access to data concerning him or her provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Coun…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-13

…ry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:1° A copy of the decisions referred to in 4° and 5° of Article 1031-9 ;2° A copy of the service of these decisions on the defendants to the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee

Article R1211-13

…e applicable:1° Four representatives of the minister responsible for local and regional authorities;2° One representative of the minister responsible for the economy;3° Three representatives of the mi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-13

…contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. In the case of the undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-2, it shall specify whether the undertaking is subject to a resolution procedure and, if so, the nam…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3 : Change of matrimonial property regime abroad in application of French law

Article 1303-6

The publicity measures provided for in paragraph 2 also apply in the event of a change of matrimonial property regime occurring abroad in application of French law.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Change in the situation of economic operators with regard to the grounds for exclusion

Article L3123-15

If, during the procedure for awarding a concession contract, an economic operator is placed in one of the situations mentioned in subsections 1 to 3 of this section, it must inform the conceding autho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Accessibility of products and services

Article L412-13

I.-Subject to II of this article and without prejudice to articles 47 and 48 of law no. 2005-102 of 11 February 2005 on equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship for people with di…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Support for theatrical distribution

Article 422-26

…ibility for financial aid set out in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-15

1° A bathing water is characterised by an area where the water is of uniform quality. 2° The bathing season defined for each bathing water is the period during which the presence of a large number of…

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