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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 14: Limitation period.

Article L511-78

All actions arising from the bill of exchange against the acceptor shall be barred after three years from the due date. The bearer's actions against the endorsers and against the drawer shall be barre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Cardiac surgery.

Article R6123-74

Authorisation to carry out cardiac surgery may only be granted or renewed if the health establishment or health cooperation group can demonstrate, for cardiac surgery, for each site, an annual activit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to UCITS, debt securitisation funds and property investment funds

Article L231-6

…gement company or those of the custodian, pursuant to article L. 231-3, I and III of article L. 231-4, or articles L. 231-5 and L. 231-7, automatically entails the termination of their duties and thei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-11

…here applicable, to their counsel, to the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 1142-24-2 and to their insurers, if any, who will then have a period of fifteen days in which to send…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L241-7

…tive penalties:1° A temporary or permanent ban on taking part in the events mentioned in article L. 241-2 ; 2° A temporary or permanent ban from participating directly or indirectly in the organisatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-7

…rance on a temporary and occasional basis, without having to register as provided for in Article L. 4352-4.Where the practice or training leading to the profession is not regulated in the State in whi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article D754-6

Article D. 313-2 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 7: Control of cinema box office receipts

Article D212-67

…y spectator before the latter enters the room of the cinema where a given film show is taking place;4° A box office is the area within a cinema dedicated to issuing admission fees;5° A film week is a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Deletion of data from the file

Article R50-64

…with the deletion of the data entered therein: a) On expiry of the time limits laid down in Article 706-25-6 ; b) When informed of one of the decisions mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of Articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Pharmaceutical establishments in public health establishments.

Article R5124-68

In order to carry out the activities listed in the first paragraph of article L. 5124-1, within the limits defined by the present section, public health establishments which meet the condition set out…

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