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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation.

Article R6223-56

Under no circumstances may the duties of liquidator be entrusted to a person struck off the roll of an association.Several liquidators may be appointed.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical transport sub-committee.

Article R6313-7

In an emergency, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may suspend accreditation without prior opinion from the sub-committee.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XX: Tax on financial transactions

Article 235 ter ZD

…ded for in IX, the central depository shall pay the late payment interest provided for by Article 1727.In the event of failure to comply with the payment obligations provided for in VII, the person li…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIIa: Taxes levied for the benefit of communities of communes and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation

Article 1609 quinquies C

…79-0 bis benefit from the compensation provided for in IV bis of article 6 of the 1987 finance law (no. 86-1317 of 30 December 1986), in place of their member municipalities, for losses of business pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R312-14

Contractual conditions relating to hire with option to purchase The credit agreement includes the following information: I.-Object and parties to the contract:1.1. The name or company name and address…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-13

I - Prior to any removal or collection of elements and products of the human body for therapeutic purposes from a living or deceased person, doctors and, in the situation referred to in IV, midwives e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…isation from the rightholders for the reproductions that it makes. II - Article 6(2) and (3) of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy do not apply to the provider of th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2661-1

…ishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-1

The following are subject to this chapter: 1° Orphan works, within the meaning of Article L. 113-10, which were originally published or broadcast in a Member State of the European Union and which belo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-2

Industrial property titles protecting inventions are:1° Patents for invention, granted for a term of twenty years from the date of filing of the application;2° Utility certificates, granted for a term…

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