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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R624-1

…cle L. 625-1 is discussed, the mandataire judiciaire shall notify the creditor or its agent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The thirty-day period provided for in article L. 622-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application.

Article R5132-1

…or medicinal products mentioned in 1° and 2°, classified as narcotic or psychotropic, are used in veterinary medicine, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 VH

…todian of the real estate investment fund, to the corporate tax department of the place of its registered office;4° For disposals referred to in 5° of II of article 150 VG, by the paying institution,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5531-1

The provisions of Chapter II of Title III of Book I, those of I of Article L. 5134-1 and those of Chapter II of Title III of Book IV of this Part are applicable in the French Southern and Antarctic Te…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 E

…s classified in the first, second, third, fifth, sixth and eighth categories as defined in the ministerial instruction of sixth and eighth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instructi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions.

Article L322-1-1

The registered office of insurance and reinsurance undertakings having their head office in France must be located within the territory of the Republic. The registered office of foreign insurance unde…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-9

…ey may have. These are signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and at the Cour de cassation, in matters where representation is compulsory before the Cour de cassation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-8

…o 23-7 of the aforementioned Order no. 58-1067 of 7 November 1958 and by the provisions of this chapter.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Relationship between branch or professional agreements and agreements covering a wider territorial or professional area.

Article L2252-1

A branch agreement or a professional or interprofessional agreement may contain provisions less favourable to employees than those applicable to them under an agreement covering a wider territorial or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for the authorisation and operation of health establishments, medical biology laboratories and other organisations

Article L2142-1

…be carried out in medical biology laboratories accredited in accordance with the provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book II of Part Six.The clinical and biological activities of medically assiste…

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