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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L242-36

Failing to provide the customer with a copy of the contract provided for in article L. 224-97 or delivering a contract that does not comply with the provisions of article L. 224-98 is punishable by tw…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D3342-4

All money orders must be accompanied by documents relating to the method of payment of expenditure under the conditions laid down by Decree No. 65-97 of 4 February 1965, as amended, on the methods and…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Authorising officer's accounts

Article D4342-4

All authorisations must be accompanied by documents relating to the method of payment of expenditure in accordance with the conditions set out in the decree no. 65-97 of 4 February 1965, as amended, r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-1

European Companies registered in France in the Trade and Companies Register shall have legal personality from the date of their registration. The European Company shall be governed by the provisions o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-13

…ng transactions relating to goodwill or craft businesses mentioned in 3° of l'article 1er de la loi n° 66-455 du 2 juillet 1966 relative aux entreprises pratiquant le crédit-bail. The provisions of Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

…11 must enable compliance with the quality objectives applicable to receiving waters by the décret n°91-1283 du 19 décembre 1991, by the water development and management master plan for the basin to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation and operation

Article R5126-99

In order to enable the competent departments to check that the pharmacy for internal use of the central army pharmacy complies with the provisions of Articles R. 5126-97 and R. 5126-98, the Minister f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article D4323-2-2

Articles D. 4311-95 to D. 4311-104 apply to masseur-physiotherapists and chiropodists, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In the first paragraph of article D. 4311-95, the words: "in article L.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-13

For the classification and allocation of aid in year n, the reference period runs from film week 27 of year n-3 to film week 26 of year n-1. In the cases mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-22

The time limit for appeals to the competent administrative court is fifteen days. This time limit runs, for practitioners and voters, from the day of the election and, for the High Representative of t…

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