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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-29

Without prejudice to the penalties that the university courts may impose on the person concerned in application of the provisions of Decree no. 92-657 of 13 July 1992 relating to disciplinary procedur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

I. - For the application of this chapter, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 may request that the documents, information or data, regardless of the medium used, kept pursuant to Article L…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article R2224-25

…r groups of communes where campsites, caravan parks or reception areas within the meaning of loi n° 2000-614 du 5 juillet 2000 relative à l'accueil et à l'habitat des gens du voyage, la collecte des o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The French Association of Credit Institutions and Investment Firms and other professional bodies

Article L511-29

…611-3-1.The Association française des établissements de crédit et des entreprises d'investissement may also engage in social dialogue on general issues concerning all credit institutions, finance com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-29

I.-The liquidator shall be allocated emoluments determined by an order issued pursuant to article L. 444-3 : 1° In respect of disposals of tangible movable assets, on the basis of the total amount, in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-25

…ing resources of a commune that is a member of a syndicate by a percentage equal to or greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section, in the case of a commune with fewer than 20,000 inhabit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Disclosure of accounts

Article L232-25

…23-16-2 and those whose business consists of managing equity interests and transferable securities, may declare that the annual accounts they file will not be made public. When the same filing is made…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Resources

Article R1418-29

…s and advances granted; 7° Proceeds from the sale of assets; 8° Income from patents and inventions; 9° Income from movable or immovable property; 10° Donations and legacies and, in general, all income…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction of the courts and proceedings before them

Article 29-4

…aised the nationality objection before a court which has stayed the proceedings pursuant to Article 29. The third party making the request must be implicated.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The procedure applicable to divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 250-2

If the court refuses to approve the agreement, however, it may approve provisional measures within the meaning of articles 254 and 255 which the parties agree to take until the date on which the divor…

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