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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article D741-24

The National Council provides through a common grant for the financing of services of collective interest in the following areas: - training and documentation for the profession; - operation of common…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-18

The decision provided for in Article

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-4-2

The rate of the contributions referred to in Article L. 421-4-1 is set by order of the Minister responsible for insurance within the following limits:1° For the contribution from policyholders, this r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-1

By way of derogation from the sixth paragraph ofArticle L. 2131-4, and subject to having exhausted all the possibilities offered by Articles L. 1241-1 to L. 1241-7, pre-implantation diagnosis may also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-24

The water samples and analyses required for health monitoring are carried out by one or more laboratories approved by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision of bodies offering continuing professional development activities

Article R4021-24

Any body or structure wishing to present continuing professional development initiatives within the framework of the guidelines defined in Article L. 4021-2 shall submit an application for registratio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-5

An action for infringement brought by the proprietor of an earlier trade mark against a later trade mark shall be inadmissible: Where 1° Where the proprietor of the earlier trade mark has tolerated, f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Conversion of the société européenne into a société anonyme.

Article R229-24

The proposed transformation of the société européenne, provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 229-10, is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announceme…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-25

The principal sends the application for approval to the prefect of the department where the property designated in the commission is located. This application includes: 1° The identity and address of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Work within the protection perimeter

Article R1322-24

The Prefect, after obtaining the opinion of the hydrogéologue agréé en matière d'hygiène publique under the conditions provided for in article R. 1321-14, specially appointed for this purpose, submits…

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