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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-2

Article L. 224-27, the I of article L. 224-28, articles L. 224-29, L. 224-30, L. 224-42 and the I and III of article L. 224-42-2 are also applicable to end users who are micro-enterprises, small busin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-206

I.-The subscription by the company of its own shares, either directly or by a person acting in his own name but on behalf of the company, is prohibited. The founders or, in the case of an increase in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Corsica

Article 297

I. - 1. in Corsica, value added tax is levied at the rate of:1° 0.90% for the transactions referred to in articles 281 quater and 281 sexies ;2° 2.10% as regards:The transactions referred to in 1°, 1°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Common provisions

Article R53-21-25

The recording of personal data in the file is carried out directly by authorised or empowered persons. The recording and consultation of the file is carried out via secure telecommunication means. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-20

I.-Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles L. 626-18 and L. 626-19, no postponements or deadlines may be granted that have not been accepted by the creditors:1° Claims guaranteed by the lien establ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 207

Defaulting witnesses may be summoned at their own expense if their hearing is deemed necessary. Defaulting witnesses and those who, without a legitimate reason, refuse to give evidence or take the oat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-2-2

The medical project and the nursing, re-education and medico-technical care project define, each in the fields it covers, the strategic objectives for the development of the organisation of care pathw…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-22

Insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall implement a regular model validation cycle, which includes monitoring the functioning of the internal model, checking the ongoing appropriateness of its sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-24

Producers contribute to or provide for the collection of unused medicines and, where applicable, their packaging, under the conditions set out in I of article L. 541-10 of the Environmental Code. They…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General mortgages

Article 2393

Other than those provided for by special laws, the claims to which a general legal mortgage is attached are: 1° Those of one of the spouses against the other; 2° Those of minors or adults under guardi…

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