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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure

Article 818

…€5,000, where it is brought for the purposes of a prior attempt at conciliation or where the law or regulation so provides.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Public policy

Article L2242-5

…are filed, on the initiative of the earliest party, in accordance with the conditions laid down by regulation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-2

…urpose by the Agence de la biomédecine mentioned in Article L. 1418-1 under conditions laid down by regulation may carry out biological diagnosis using cells taken from the in vitro embryo.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-35

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the effects of any clause in an agreement entered into after 21 April 2004 providin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Removal of goods made available on the market by means of a remote communication technique

Article R512-16-7

…e the analyses or tests carried out on the sample have established that it does not comply with the regulations, the price of the samples paid by the administrative service shall be reimbursed to it b…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Common provisions

Article 1724 quater C

…ed abroad, the obligations whose compliance is subject to verification are those resulting from the regulations of its country of origin and those applicable to it in respect of its activity in France…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1391

The right to review provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure shall be exer…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-10

…lished in France. In such cases, it shall inform the competent authority of the Member State of the European Union or of the other State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area to which t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-60

The data subjects of the processing shall receive the information provided for in Article 13(3) of Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-24

…Mutuel may impose one of the following sanctions on a member of the Crédit Mutuel who breaches the regulations in force: 1° A warning ; 2° a reprimand 3° Removal from the list provided for in article…

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