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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-12

…economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of less than or equal to 120 kg per day, the treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 must enable compliance with the qualit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2142-12

…he Agence de la biomédecine on the basis of the provisions prior to the entry into force of Act no. 2011-814 of 7 July 2011 on bioethics to carry out one or more medically assisted procreation activit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable in the event of consignment and automated checks

Article A37-12

In the case provided for by Article R. 49-14, the deposit may be paid either by cheque made payable to the Public Treasury, or by automated remote payment or dematerialised stamp. In the case provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-12

Decisions of the General Meeting and of the Executive Committee shall be taken by a majority of the members present, except in cases where a qualified majority is required under the provisions of this…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-12

…ogram producer of the exploitation rights that have been assigned to him, the competent civil court may order any appropriate measure..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article L753-12

The procedures for applying this chapter, and in particular the procedures for taking into account the vulnerability of the asylum seeker and, where applicable, their special needs, are specified by d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Amendment procedures

Article R1322-12

…ng conditions, a new verification, carried out under the conditions provided for in article R. 1322-9, is carried out before the installations are put back into service.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-12

For the adoption of the amending resolutions provided for in 4° of article R. 121-9 and those relating to building leases provided for in 9° of the same article, recourse to a procedure for consulting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-124

…share or transferred in ownership loses the double voting right allocated pursuant to articles L. 225-123 and L. 22-10-46. However, a transfer as a result of inheritance, the liquidation of community…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-12

…ions and within the deadlines mentioned in…

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