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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1211-3

Advertising in favour of a donation of human body parts or products for the benefit of a specific person or for the benefit of a specific establishment or body is prohibited. This prohibition does not…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Insurance contracts denominated in foreign currency.

Article L160-3

Natural persons resident in the French Republic and legal entities, for activities relating to their establishment in France, may take out insurance and capitalisation contracts denominated in foreign…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgements

Article L123-3

Where an act, agreement or judgment does not meet the conditions for registration under the provisions of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgments

Article D123-3

The authority responsible for the cinema and audiovisual registers shall check that the deed, agreement or judgment submitted in its original version is accompanied by a translation or summary drawn u…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain properties

Article R162-3

A debtor may only be made available again in the event of a new seizure taking place after the expiry of a period of one month following the seizure that gave rise to the previous making available. Du…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Transaction

Article L3137-3

The parties to a concession contract may reach a settlement as provided for in article 2044 of the French Civil Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Exception for illustrative purposes in education and vocational training

Article R122-30

The list of establishments for which the appropriate licence proposal is addressed to a minister is given in the annex to this article.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Term bonds

Article 1305-3

The term benefits the debtor, if it does not follow from the law, the will of the parties or the circumstances that it has been established in favour of the creditor or both parties.The party for whos…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition of regulated market and market undertaking

Article L421-3

The AMF may appoint an agent for the market undertaking, to whom all powers of administration, management and representation of the legal entity shall be transferred.This appointment shall be made eit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Deadlines for submission of tenders

Article R3124-3

Where tenders can only be submitted following a visit to the place where the contract is to be performed or after on-the-spot consultation of additional documents, the time limit for the receipt of te…

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