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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-14

…ven with the consumer's agreement, begin to be performed during the first seven days, except in the case of the assigned credit agreements referred to in Article L. 222-11, which may not begin to be p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment

Article L214-149

…ndirectly by the professional real estate investment trust and by the companies mentioned in 2° and 3° of I of article L. 214-36 are valued by a single external valuation expert who acts independently…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment

Article L214-148

Unless otherwise stipulated, articles L. 214-33 to L. 214-85 apply to professional undertakings for collective real estate investment.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article D2573-14

Article D. 2211-1 is applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the following adaptation: after the words: of Book I of the Internal Security Code are added the words: in the version ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Coordination Committee

Article R4424-14

…ask of leading and coordinating the actions of national companies assigned to it by article L. 4424-30, the coordination committee for the industrial development of Corsica proposes measures to enable…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Placement under house arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-11

…dy. 2° The fitting of the bracelet containing a transmitter provided for in article R. 57-11 may be carried out without his consent, but that refusing to have this device fitted constitutes a breach o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 17: Accommodation.

Article R4534-146

…as set out in articles R. 4227-1 to R. 4227-14, and accommodation, as set out in articles R. 4228-26 to R. 4228-35.However, as these are temporary installations, these provisions do not prevent the u…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Single chapter: Processing of personal data known as the "interministerial information system for victims of attacks and disasters".

Article R2-15

…of terrorism, likely to result in a large number of victims; 2° To improve information, support and care for the people mentioned in 1° and to speed up the implementation of their rights; 3° To produc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixed installations

Article R312-15

…heck on compliance with the requirements of this section by the persons mentioned in article L. 111-3 may have its approval withdrawn, without prejudice to the penalties mentioned in this article.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-148

I.-The companies mentioned in 1°, 3°, 4°, 5°, 8° and 9° of article R. 5142-1 declare, for transfers of veterinary medicinal products containing one or more antibiotic substances, the following data: 1…

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