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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-14-2

…ucts is prohibited. The conclusion of commercial cooperation contracts, within the meaning of 2° of III of article L. 441-3 of the same code, relating to veterinary medicinal products containing one o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for accessing the shared medical record and the rights of the holder

Article R1111-44

…ed in the digital health space to access certain data in his record under the conditions set out in III of article L. 1111-13-1 and in the fourth paragraph of article R. 1111-32. This decision may be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article D1111-3

…of the territorial conference on public action, mentioned in 4° to 7° of II of article L. 1111-9-1. III.-An order by the State representative in each department lists the members of the various colleg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings

Article R692-7

…ting by the insolvency practitioner, including, if the creditor has consented, by electronic means. III.-The insolvency practitioner of the main insolvency proceedings may apply the provisions of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-167-1

…atic and consular chancelleries giving rise to the collection of the duties provided for in Chapter III (line 10) of the table in the first part of the annex to the decree no. 81-778 of 13 August 1981…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6371-8

…s and date of the definitive transfer of each department or part of a department are set by decree. III. - Within eighteen months of the publication of the aforementioned Organic Law no. 2007-223 of 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 90-1

…n Book II of the Criminal Code or when it concerns an offence against property provided for in Book III of the same Code and accompanied by offences against the person, the investigating judge notifie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Closure of the judicial liquidation.

Article R643-20

…nd is endorsed by the court clerk with the executory formula. In the case provided for in I, II and III of Article L. 643-11, the order is made with the debtor heard or called.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Periodic updating of the rental value of built and unbuilt properties

Article 1516

…cients under the conditions provided for in II of article 1518 ter; 3° The updating provided for in III of the same article 1518 ter; 4° The annual modification of tariffs under the conditions provide…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Organisations approved for the collective management of the additional annual remuneration due to performers

Article R327-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 212-3-3 if it: 1° Provides proof, through the composition of its deliberative and governing bodie…

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