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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article R6123-171

The authorisation holder must ensure continuity of post-intervention care. For holders of authorisations issued under categories A, B and C, continuity may be ensured by agreement with another holder…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Leasing of services.

Article 1780

Services may only be engaged for a specific time, or for a specific undertaking. A hire of service, made without determination of duration, may always be terminated by the will of one of the contracti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-15

In the event that the individual limited liability entrepreneur renounces the appropriation or in the event of his death, the declaration mentioned in Article L. 526-7 ceases to have effect. However,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Profits.

Article R232-17

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 232-12, the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen, as the case may be, are empowered to decide to distribute…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17-1

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-15

…puty Chairman considers, either on the basis of the supporting documents referred to in Article R. 1142-13, or on the basis of the observations of the expert(s) to whom he has submitted these document…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: The procedure for judging the entire dispute

Article 1563

…law and shall be accompanied by the list of documents referred to in the third paragraph of article 1560.The lawyer who files the document informs the opposing party himself and the lawyer who assiste…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-15

…plementation of a crisis prevention or management measure referred to in Articles L. 311-12, L. 311-14 or L. 311-30 of this Code or Articles L. 612-33 and L. 612-34 of the Monetary and Financial Code,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-15

…authorisation of a credit institution at the request of the institution.Pursuant to Articles 4 and 14 of Council Regulation (EU) No 1024/2013 of 15 October 2013, such withdrawal may also be decided b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article R742-15

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 221-12008-1263 of 4 December 2008R. 221-2 with the exception of the last paragraph and R. 221-2-1No. 2020…

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