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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-8-1

Until the first renewal of the municipal council following the creation of the new commune, where each of the former communes had fewer than 1,000 inhabitants, the deputies are elected under the condi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-1 A

Everyone should have access, at least daily, in their home or living environment or, failing that, close to it, to a sufficient quantity of water intended for human consumption to meet their needs in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Discipline.

Article L811-12 A

Any contravention of laws and regulations, any breach of professional rules, any breach of probity or honour, even relating to acts committed outside the course of professional practice, exposes the j…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions

Article L444-1 A

The Chapters Ier, II and III of this Title apply to any agreement between a supplier and a buyer relating to products or services marketed on French territory. These provisions are a matter of public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L3231-1 A

Health policy contributes to the prevention and early diagnosis of eating disorders.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-3

The card allowing the exercise of an itinerant commercial or craft activity, provided for in article L. 123-29, is signed by the president of the consular chamber or his representative. It includes th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8-1

I. - Article L. 225-8 is not applicable, upon the decision of the founders, when the contribution in kind consists of: 1° Transferable securities giving access to the capital mentioned in Article L. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Equity securities

Article L212-1-A

Equity securities issued by joint stock companies include shares and other securities giving or capable of giving access to capital or voting rights.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title III: Bodies

Article L1231-1 A

Organ retrieval and transplantation is a national priority.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Powers

Article L4424-1-A

The Corsican Collectivity exercises by right the competences which the laws, in their provisions not contrary to the present title, attribute to the départements and regions.

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