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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L227-19

The statutory clauses referred to in articles L. 227-13 and L. 227-17 may only be adopted or amended unanimously by the shareholders. The statutory clauses mentioned in articles L. 227-14 and L. 227-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1

…plicable to investigations into offences under articles L. 335-2, L. 335-3, L. 335-4, L. 343-4, L. 521-10, L. 615-14, L. 716-9 and L. 716-10 of the Intellectual Property Code when committed as part of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-16

The following are punishable by the fines laid down for fourth-class offences: 1° Failure to declare an advertising medium or failure to declare it within the time limits laid down in article L. 2333-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-16

In the cases provided for in article L. 217-14, the consumer informs the seller of his decision to cancel the contract. The consumer returns the goods to the seller at the latter's expense. The seller…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

If it finds that there is a functional deficit attributable to benfluorex, the College of Experts will issue an opinion on the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage and on the liabili…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: The business.

Article R141-1

…commerciales provided for in Article L. 141-12 contains the information mentioned in Article R. 123-211. The publication in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements provided for in article L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation for members of the gendarmerie and officials of the national police force with the status of judicial police officers to effectively exercise the powers associated with this status.

Article R15-2-3

The application for authorisation referred to in article R. 15-2-2 specifies the nature of the duties entrusted to the reservist and the service or unit within which he will be called upon to perform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compensation for damage resulting from the implementation of health measures mentioned in articles L. 3131-1, L. 3134-1 and L. 3135-1

Article R3131-1

I. - Claims for compensation under the out-of-court procedure provided for in articles L. 3131-4 and L. 3135-3 in respect of the losses defined in the same articles shall be addressed to the Office na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-20

…he course of the year, is carried out in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in Decree no. 2004-1463 of 23 December 2004 relating to legal experts. When a member of the military has commi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 13: Access to payment accounts

Article L133-39

…nder the conditions set out in the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 98.1 of Directive (EU) 2015/2366 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on payment services in t…

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