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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3

In university hospital centres, the director appoints the vice-president in charge of research on presentation of a list of proposals drawn up jointly by the president of the Institut national de la s…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-12 (art. A212-176)

…e activity is carried out :Activity supervised :Discipline :Start and end dates of activity :Only information known at the time of declaration must be entered. Other information must be sent to the au…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article R621-46

I. - An appeal to the Paris Court of Appeal shall be lodged by means of a written statement lodged in quadruplicate with the registry of the Paris Court of Appeal against a receipt. On pain of inadmis…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
New legislative part

Article liminaire

…he goods from fulfilling their functions; 6° digital content: data produced and supplied in digital form; 7. digital service: a service enabling the consumer to create, process, store or access data i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterparts to financial aid

Article 121-2

…the filming or photograms of cinematographic, audiovisual or multimedia works, as well as any other form of publicity material;c) Scenarios for cinematographic, audiovisual or multimedia works or, dep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-13

…investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall obtain the necessary information concerning the investment knowledge and experience of their clients, in particular their p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: SEMI-PUBLIC COMPANIES WITH A SINGLE OPERATION

Article L1541-1

…lic company is set up, for a limited period, on an exclusive basis with a view to concluding and performing a contract with the territorial authority or group of territorial authorities, the sole purp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-1

The person placed in police custody is immediately informed by a judicial police officer or, under the latter's control, by a judicial police agent, in a language he understands, if necessary by means…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section Va: Annual contribution on rental income

Article 234 nonies

…lishments and bodies dependent on them and low-income housing bodies ; 7° residential premises that form part of or are attached to a farm, as well as premises whose owners have redeemed the levy on r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freezing of assets and prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L775-37

…aragraph applicable" are deleted; 2° In a and b of 2° of article L. 562-4, the words: "or any other form of freedom of establishment and under the freedom to provide services" are deleted; 3° In Artic…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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