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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Nursery assistants

Article L4392-4

…egally practises the activities of a childcare assistant in a Member State or a State party, may perform professional acts in France on a temporary or occasional basis. Where the practice or training…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Ambulance drivers

Article L4393-5

…ctivities in a Member State or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, may perform professional acts in France on a temporary or occasional basis. Where the practice or training…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L141-2

…liament and of the Council of 28 February 2018 to counter unjustified geographic blocking and other forms of discrimination based on nationality, place of residence or establishment of customers in th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 47

…ivil status record of French nationals and foreigners made in a foreign country and drawn up in the forms customary in that country is authentic, unless other records or documents held, external data…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to protected adults

Article 420

…al operation, legal representatives for the protection of adults may not, in any capacity or in any form whatsoever, receive any other sum or benefit from any financial advantage directly or indirectl…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of accession in relation to movable property

Article 573

Where a thing has been formed by the mixture of several materials belonging to different owners, but none of which can be regarded as the principal material, if the materials can be separated, the one…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L211-5

…the first paragraph applies to undertakings for collective investment, whether or not they have the form of a joint stock company, and may be carried out by their management company. For all such unde…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-8

The organiser or retailer informs the traveller, by means of a form laid down by regulation, prior to the conclusion of the contract, of the main characteristics of the services offered relating to tr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article L2192-5

…"public invoicing portal", enables invoices to be submitted, received and transmitted in electronic form. To implement the obligations laid down in sub-section 1 of this section, the following shall u…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Firm prices

Article R2112-9

…emains unchanged for the duration of the contract.A contract is concluded at a firm price when this form of price is not such as to expose the parties to major uncertainties due to reasonably foreseea…

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