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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 17: Maintenance and repair of sports and leisure equipment and motorised personal transport devices

Article D224-71

For the purposes of this section, "durable medium" means: a durable medium within the meaning of 8° of the introductory article of the legislative part of the Consumer Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Balanced representation of women and men

Article L2314-30

For each electoral college, the lists referred to in article L. 2314-29 which include several candidates are made up of a number of women and men corresponding to the proportion of women and men regis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Local tax on companies operating ski-lift equipment.

Article R2333-70

…pment subject in mountain areas to the municipal tax provided for in article L. 2333-49 send to the mayors of the communes in which the operation is located, before the twenty-fifth day of the first m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-7

…impact on the performance of the above procedures; > b) any technical difficulties or problems that may arise in the course of the procedures b) any technical difficulty or new system implemented by t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-71

…e second paragraph of Article L. 225-100, their observations on the report referred to, as the case may be, in article L. 225-37 or article L. 225-68, with regard to the information mentioned in artic…

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

Article R2224-19-7

…ocedures, of charges for water consumption and charges for collective and non-collective sanitation may be entrusted to the same body, which will show the details on the same invoice. In the event of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Authorisation.

Article R518-70

The authorisation referred to in Article 8 of L. 511-6 is issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance with the provisions of this sub-section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to partnerships limited by shares

Article L22-10-76

…nciples and conditions set out in the Articles of Association. However, the Articles of Association may provide that these elements are established by the Supervisory Board. The elements of this polic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-7

For the application of Article L. 1142-14 in Wallis and Futuna, the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: Where the Commission considers that the sponsor is liable for damage covere…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4431-7

In 1° of article L. 4161-2, the words: "as well as by article 8 of law no. 71-1026 of 24 December 1971 amending the public health code" are deleted.

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