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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Availability of savings

Article L224-4

I.-Rights accrued under the retirement savings plan may, at the request of the holder, be liquidated or redeemed before the due date referred to in article L. 224-1 in the following cases only: 1° The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-4

I.-For agricultural products or food products comprising one or more agricultural products, where the indicators listed in the ninth paragraph of III of Article L. 631-24 and in Articles L. 631-24-1 e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Principle of free administration

Article D1111-4

I. - Candidates are required to make a signed declaration stating their surname, forenames, date and place of birth, gender and domicile.This declaration must also state the surname, forenames, date a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange.

Article R511-4

A register shall be opened by each registrar in which protests received are entered, in date order and under an order number. This register is divided into nine columns intended to receive: Column 1:…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-43

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine is responsible for implementing the monitoring system relating to medically assisted procreation. Within this framework, the Agency: 1° Leads and c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organs, tissues, cells and products.

Article L1272-4

As stated in Article 511-5 of the French Penal Code, reproduced below:"The taking of tissue or cells or the collection of a product from a living person of legal age without that person's consent havi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax

Article L2333-43

I. - Lodgers, hoteliers, owners and intermediaries mentioned in Article L. 2333-40 are required to make a declaration to the town hall no later than one month before each collection period. This decla…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-4

Without prejudice to the powers of the representative of the State in the department by virtue of 9° of Article 2 of Section III of the Decree of 22 December 1789, the police matters entrusted to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Indoor lactaria

Article D2323-4

The internal use lactarium is responsible for: 1° Collecting breast milk collected by mothers at home or at the lactarium site; 2° Preparing, qualifying and processing breast milk; 3° Preserving breas…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article R313-4

The personalised information that the creditor or credit intermediary provides to the borrower in the form of the sheet referred to in Article L. 313-7, the model for which is appended to this code, c…

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