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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-2

An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security, and of the minister for defence in the case of professionals in the armed forces health service, defines the priority multiannual…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-23

Without prejudice to the programme of water quality analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 132…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Preferential and resale rights

Article 2454

If the property is sold, the mortgage follows it into the hands of the third party purchaser. The third-party purchaser is thus obliged, within the limit of the registrations, for the entire secured d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article D312-22

Where the advertising mentions a promotional rate or special terms of use that deviate from the normal operation of the credit concerned, the representative example defined in Article D. 312-21 illust…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 266

1. The taxable amount is made up of:a. For supplies of goods, services and intra-Community acquisitions, by all sums, values, goods or services received or to be received by the supplier or service pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2

A civil action for compensation for damage caused by a felony, misdemeanour or contravention belongs to all those who have personally suffered damage directly caused by the offence. Waiver of the righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts and treatment of over-indebtedness

Article D721-25

The declarations referred to in Article R. 721-21 shall specify, for the purpose of identifying the accounts:1° The name, address and identification codes of the institution managing the account or sa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L226-2

The first managing director or managing directors are appointed by the articles of association. They carry out the incorporation formalities for which the founders of public limited companies are resp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-22

…ded for in the third paragraph of Article L. 332-11-2 of the same code, as it read prior to the loi n° 2014-1655 du 29 décembre 2014 de finances rectificative pour 2014, specifying the conditions unde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Mutual and cooperative banks.

Article R512-23

Only caisses registered on the list provided for in article R. 512-21 may use the designation Caisse de crédit mutuel and include this designation in their name, company name or advertising, and use i…

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