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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of movable property by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R321-68

…s to the activities of voluntary sale of furniture by public auction provided for in article L. 321-28-1, shall be sent to the Conseil des maisons de vente by teleprocedure on its website. This reques…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-1

…the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products, of this Title, and of the provisions adopted for their applic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: STAY DOCUMENTS

Article L411-4

…d assignment up to a maximum of three years; 5° To the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-28; in this case, its duration is equal to that remaining on the residence permit of the spouse or p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

…he revenues mentioned in this 4°, capped in accordance with I of Article 46 of Law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012 of the confiscated sums managed by the agency as well as, of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Lapse and cessation of activity

Article R1333-143

…r instituting the public utility easements referred to in II.IV -In accordance with article L. 1333-28, if pollution resulting from nuclear activity is discovered at a later date, the provisions of ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-2

…rements provided for in II of article R. 1333-33 ; 2° If the reference level set in article R. 1333-28 is exceeded, for the owners of establishments open to the public mentioned in article D. 1333-32,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-10

…tection in Mayotte may be signed or extended. "Agreements concluded and extended prior to 1 January 2018, determining compensation in terms of employment or vocational training and setting an age lowe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-89

…and 30 June 2021 compared with the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 30 June in 2017, 2018 and 2019, less the aid allocated in application of articles 916-25 to 916-33 as well as the amo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-3

…ded by the free autonomous and co-managed faculty of economics and law of Paris up to and including 2018.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formation of the contract

Article L224-29

The provisions of article L. 224-28 do not apply to the duration of an instalment contract where the consumer has, by separate contract, agreed to make instalment payments exclusively for the deployme…

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