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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication and proof of judgments

Article 1082

…ivil-status registers of the marriage certificate celebrated by the foreign authority as of 1 March 2007.

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

Article R511-18

…nformation referred to in g), h), i) and k) of paragraph 1 of Article 450 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 published by credit institutions,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to neighbourhood noise

Article R1336-4

…h noise levels are set out in articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A38-5-2

In application of 11° of Article 4 of Decree no. 2009-707 of 16 June 2009 as amended relating to the decentralised departments of the Directorate-General of Public Finance and by derogation from Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for authorisation

Article D3512-9-5

…lication for approval, accompanied by the information and documents listed in Annex I to Decree No. 2016-1139 of 22 August 2016, shall be sent by the head of the laboratory to the public establishment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the business start-up or takeover support programme

Article R5141-30

…knowledgement of receipt containing the information required by the aforementioned decree of 6 June 2001. The approved operator may refuse to accompany a person : 1° Either because the applicant has n…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L315-9

…ly interest payments.The offer reproduces the provisions of articles L. 315-10 to L. 315-15, L. 315-20and L. 341-55.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-4

I.-In municipalities with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants and, for projects that result in the artificial development of land within the meaning of V of article L. 752-6, in all communes, the mayor or t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2651-3

…11-19 to L. 511-21 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and to 1° and 2° of article L. 201-2 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime are replaced by references to locally applicable pro…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2671-3

…11-19 to L. 511-21 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and to 1° and 2° of article L. 201-2 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime are replaced by references to locally applicable pro…

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