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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Actions against those responsible for the damage.

Article R3122-22

Within one month of receipt of the letter referred to in Article R. 3122-21, the Office shall inform the president of the court concerned whether or not a claim for compensation with the same purpose…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258 D

…ntra-Community acquisitions of tangible movable property located in France pursuant to I of Article 258 C, made by a purchaser who has a value added tax identification number in another Member State o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-29

…ure; 3° The procedures for verifying the professional qualifications referred to in article L. 4311-22 ; 4° The procedures for applying the obligation to transmit the information mentioned in article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-13

An organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 324-8-3 if it: 1° Provides proof that, by virtue of the mandates entrusted to it, it covers a significant number of ri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provision of digital content and services

Article L224-25-11

If the trader fails to fulfil his obligation to supply under the conditions set out in Article L. 224-25-10, the consumer may : 1° Notify the trader of the suspension of payment of all or part of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: National Council.

Article D4233-27

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles D. 4233-24 to D. 4233-26, the tandem representing section E on the council is elected by post or electronically by all the full members of the overseas pharm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Result

Article R2314-22

…r complies with the general security reference system provided for inarticle 9 of order no. 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 relating to electronic exchanges between users and administrative authorities a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-25

The duration of the employment support contract may not be less than six months, or three months in the case of persons who have been convicted of a criminal offence and whose sentence has been adjust…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-29

For each establishment, the amount of the direct allocation is determined by applying the percentage corresponding to the establishment's market share to the amount of funds allocated to direct alloca…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-27

The dialogue may take place in successive phases so as to reduce the number of solutions to be discussed, by applying the award criteria defined in the contract notice or in another consultation docum…

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