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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-26-1

Article L. 225-102-3, with the exception of IV, is applicable to limited liability companies. The reports referred to in the same article L. 225-102-3 are drawn up by the managing partners. These repo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-1

…y not, without his consent or, where appropriate, without the authorisation of his legal representative, if he is a minor, or that of the person responsible for his protection, if he is an adult subje…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-13

…of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of article 4 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication or by a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-16

…d supervision of multi-professional legal, judicial and accountancy companies provided for in Title IV bis of Act no. 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Perfumery and toiletry products

Article 349

…h of less than 50% by volume for products whose intended use justifies this lowering (1). (1) Annex IV, art. 52.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Territorial Council

Article LO6461-11

…s, as well as those devolved to the overseas regional councils by the chapitre III du titre III du livre IV de la quatrième partie, à l'exception de celles relatives : 1° The construction and general…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-20

The administrative registration number by which the beneficiary of the authorisations mentioned in I of Article 15-4 is identified in the procedural documents that it draws up or in which it is cited…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Management of radiological emergencies

Article R1333-85

The person responsible for the nuclear activity at the origin of a radiological emergency shall make an initial assessment of the circumstances and consequences of the situation and implement the nece…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Practice of the profession in the form of a company.

Article R814-87

…ce company, the names of partners practising one of the other professions provided for in the title IV bis of the aforementioned Act no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 and their profession practised with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to elected representatives who are public servants (R).

Article R3123-16

Any member of a departmental council, governed by Titles I to IV of the general civil service regulations must, when he wishes to benefit from the training leave provided for in article L. 3123-11, su…

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