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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Plan

Article L742-25

The judgment adopting the plan makes it enforceable against all parties. The duration of the plan is set by the judge and may not exceed seven years. It may not exceed seven years.If the plan is not i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Social protection of practitioners.

Article R6154-25

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 6152-37 to R. 6152-39, hospital practitioners who are self-employed are compensated under the following conditions in the event of illness not attributabl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Air medical transport.

Article R6312-25

Aircraft providing medical transport must include : 1° A surface available for the installation of a stretcher necessary for the transport of a sick or injured person in the prone position, the locati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation

Article D783-18

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advisory Committee on the Financial Sector and Advisory Committee on Financial Legislation and Regulation

Article D782-18

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-6

…inisters responsible for transport, labour and trade may, after consulting the mayor, or where applicable the chairman of the public inter-communal cooperation body of which the municipality is a memb…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Commitments of the borrower.

Article 1882

If the thing lent perishes by a fortuitous event which the borrower could have secured by using his own, or if, being able to keep only one of the two, he preferred his own, he is liable for the loss…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-19

…nt council appoints, from among its members, the representatives of the municipality or the City of Paris on bodies whose scope of action is limited to the arrondissement and on which the municipality…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Mediation

Article L623-22

Only the applicant association may take part in mediation, under the conditions set out in the Chapter I of Title II of Law no. 95-125 of 8 February 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article R511-24

For the application of article L. 511-84, the conduct likely to result in the reduction or restitution, in whole or in part, of the variable remuneration shall be defined by the credit institutions an…

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