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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-3

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-3-2

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article L. 823-3, where the statutory auditor is appointed by a company voluntarily or pursuant to the first or last paragraphs of article L. 823-2-2,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single integration contract

Article L5522-2-3

Section 5 of Chapter IV of Title III of Book I of this Part only applies in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-2

The optimal supply of medicinal products with regard to needs, as provided for in Article L. 5125-3 , is satisfied if the following cumulative conditions are met:1° Access to the new pharmacy is easy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-2

I.-Local hospitals, or the health establishment to which they belong when they do not have legal personality, organise cooperation with primary care providers in the areas they serve and, to this end,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-2

Undertakings not covered by the Solvency II regime are : 1° Undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 or in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-10-3 which are not Solvency II undertakings within…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-3

By way of derogation from I of Article L. 5125-23, the pharmacist may dispense a comparable product by way of substitution for the product prescribed if the following conditions are met: 1° This produ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-5-3

…partment of Mayotte may, under the conditions determined by an agreement with the State, appoint public servants to represent it at French diplomatic missions. It shall offer the public servants menti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article Annexe 3-4

Legal tests and economic and accounting subjectsCivil law: General concepts on:-property: classification of property, movables, methods of acquiring ownership, possession, usufruct;-obligations: sourc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the training of volunteer fire fighters

Article L1424-37-2

For the entire duration of their commitment and, after termination of their commitment, for a period not exceeding twenty-four months, volunteer fire fighters who have completed the training enabling…

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