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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30-1

…individual retirement savings product if it meets the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/1238 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on a pan-European individual retire…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

…The scheme applies : 1° For user companies, to the legal entities listed in a to g of 1 ofarticle 238 bis of the General Tax Code, to young companies that have been in existence for less than eight y…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-3

…d other assets belonging to others, and the approval of computerised systems for keeping accounts ; 3° The conditions for delegating signatures within the firm and for keeping supporting documents, as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Temporary authorisation to practise for specialist doctors and dental surgeons who hold a diploma allowing them to practise in their country of origin

Article R4111-34

…L. 4111-1-2 when the latter fulfils the conditions laid down in this article and in article R. 4111-33. Authorisation is granted for a given hospital department or unit, and for a period which may not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Advanced practice nursing

Article R4301-3

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of article R. 4301-3-1 relating to the "emergencies" field of intervention, in the field or fields of intervention defined in article R. 4301-2 includ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Consumer rights

Article L217-3

The seller shall deliver goods that comply with the contract and with the criteria set out in article L. 217-5. It is responsible for defects in conformity existing at the time of delivery of the good…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of preferred film production creditors

Article L312-3

…or due date, will proceed to pay them according to the order of preference mentioned in article L. 312-2. In the event of a dispute, the direct payment procedure is suspended, in whole or in part, un…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Declaration of a plot as abandoned

Article L2243-3

…onths from the completion of the publicity measures and notifications provided for in Article L. 2243-2, the mayor shall draw up a final report stating that the plot of land is in a state of manifest…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-36

I. - When the European Commission initiates proceedings against France on the basis of Article 258 or 260 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the State shall inform the local autho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-31

I.-For the application of article D. 4425-30: a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the Corsican local authority, as it r…

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