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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L518-2-1

Caisse des dépôts et consignations may issue the debt securities referred to in Article L. 211-1, II, 2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Principles.

Article L2141-1

All employees are free to join the trade union of their choice and may not be excluded on any of the grounds referred to in Article L. 1132-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4411-2

Elections to the councils of the associations in Mayotte may be referred to the administrative court within whose jurisdiction the council has its registered office.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-118

The Conseil d'Etat decree referred to in article L. 322-27 is issued on the basis of a report by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter VI: ARBITRATION

Article R2236-1

For the State, recourse to the arbitration referred to in Article L. 2236-1 is authorised by a decree issued on the report of the competent Minister and the Minister for the Economy.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-19

Fees shall be charged for the preparation and transmission of the copies of the European patent application referred to in Article 136(2) of the European Patent Convention.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to personal recovery without compulsory liquidation and to personal recovery with compulsory liquidation

Article L743-2

At any time during the procedure, the judge may, if he considers that the debtor's situation is not irremediably compromised, refer the case back to the commission.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assessment of solvency

Article R313-13

The procedures and information on which the assessment of creditworthiness referred to in Article L. 313-16 are documented and kept by the lender throughout the term of the credit.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and operation

Article R822-12

The National Consumer Institute and the commission referred to in Article L. 822-4 shall have joint departments headed by a Director General.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
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Article 691 bis

The deeds of acquisition referred to in A of article 1594-0 G give rise to the collection of a land registration tax or registration duty of 125 €.

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