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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-5

…11-12-1, the patient may, as soon as the measure is released, be subject to psychiatric care in the form mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 3211-2-1 if the conditions provided for in I of articles L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Order of Nurses

Article L4312-1

…alth and quality of care.The national council of the order prepares a code of ethics, issued in the form of a decree by the Council of State. This code sets out the duties of nurses in their dealings…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-139

…uments of any kind intended to be distributed to the public or published, the following words in uniform characters: "société à forme tontinière".

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Electronic auctions

Article R2362-16

…n of its tender carried out in application of article R. 2162-60. It also mentions the mathematical formula which will determine, during the electronic auction, the automatic reclassifications accordi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Public billing portal

Article R2392-3

…Use of the public invoicing portal is exclusive of any other method of transmission in electronic form. When an invoice is sent to it outside this portal, the recipient public entity may only reject…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article L236-50

Cross-border transformation is the operation whereby a société par actions or a société à responsabilité limitée registered in France, without being dissolved or wound up or put into liquidation, tran…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: Markets of national interest and commercial events.

Article L761-3

The rate of fees charged to occupancy permit holders or other forms of contribution by market users to the operation of the market shall be established by the manager and approved by the prefect. The…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-27

…n granting this additional period is taken and notified in accordance with the procedure and in the forms laid down for the formal notice decision in Article R. 613-26.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-1

…Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property may require filing in electronic form where this is likely to facilitate examination and publication of the application. The Institut…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article R112-2

This application shall be submitted on a form defined by the order mentioned in article R. 112-1. It sets out the factual situation in accordance with 1° du II de l'article 9 de la loi n° 2014-1545 du…

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