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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article L123-45

…lification professionnelle des personnes exerçant certaines activités listées à l'Article 16 of Law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 above. Where the qualification required to carry out the activities mentio…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-1

The appeal provided for in Article 17 of Law no. 67-523 of 3 July 1967 is brought against a decision that has acquired the force of res judicata.It is lodged from the day on which the decision is no l…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Furnished tourist accommodation

Article L324-1

…heir missions by the national accreditation body mentioned in article 137 of the aforementioned law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 or by any equivalent European body that is a signatory to the multilat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L213-36

…asis of Article L. 132-25 of the Intellectual Property Code, as it stood prior to Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, or Article L. 132-25-1 of the same…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Equity securities

Article L228-36

…on is capped. Participatory securities are negotiable. For the application of the Article 26 of law no. 78-741 of 13 July 1978 relating to the orientation of savings towards the financing of companies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-5

…on due to the victim taking into account, on the one hand, the benefits listed in article 29 of law no. 85-677 of 5 July 1985 aimed at improving the situation of road accident victims and speeding up…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Basis for the local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-8

…ration with their own tax status and the Lyon metropolitan area may, by deliberation taken before 1 July of the year preceding that of taxation and relating to one or more of these categories, totally…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-7-3

…al autonomy. The rules applicable to public interest foundations, provided for in particular by law no. 87-571 of 23 July 1987 on the development of sponsorship, apply to hospital foundations subject…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Dispensaries

Article L6424-1

…ensaries are integrated into the public health establishment from the date set by article 50 of law no. 2003-1199 of 18 December 2003 on the financing of social security for 2004. The rights and oblig…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-281

…elated to the loss of professional qualification for an activity mentioned in the article 16 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of commerce and craft trades, an…

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