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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article L2441-2

…" are deleted;"2° bis In the last paragraph of VI, the words: "a doctor qualified in genetics, who may be a member of a multidisciplinary team" are replaced by the words: "a doctor with a view to a c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-4

…ce are due to expire within three or six years respectively. In the same case, the National Council may hold new elections for the appointment, within the National Council concerned, of the representa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14-1

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, after obtaining the opinion of a commission composed in particular of professionals, individually…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-4

…ejudice to the provisions of Article L. 356-7, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide not to consult the other supervisory authorities in urgent cases or where such consultati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-50

…protest drawn up. If the force majeure persists beyond thirty days from the due date, the remedies may be exercised, without either the presentation or the drawing up of a protest being necessary, un…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-2

…nistrator, the judicial representative, the debtor or the public prosecutor, the proceedings opened may be extended to one or more other persons in the event of confusion of their assets with those of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R312-9

…withdrawal period expires on the date on which the goods are delivered or the service provided, but may not exceed fourteen days or be less than three days, except in the case of doorstep sales or can…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 B

…a document that must be submitted to the tax authorities, other than those mentioned in articles 1728 and 1729, will result in a fine of €150.The fine is increased to €1,500 in the case of the declar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751

…ed for in articles L. 441-9 and L. 443-3 of the French Commercial Code (1), the offender's business may be sequestered until the final decision has been enforced. The sequestration measure may be exte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 778

…ke the report. The hearings take place and the judgment is given in chambers. The court or tribunal may order that the person against whom the conviction has been made be summoned.If the application i…

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