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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

Any software publisher, any technical system manufacturer and any service operator may, in the event of refusal of access to information essential to interoperability, ask the Audiovisual and Digital…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracting entities

Article L1212-2

Subject to the provisions of article L. 2192-15, a public undertaking within the meaning of this Code is any body with legal personality which carries out activities involving the production or market…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-2

Any person conceived by medically assisted procreation with a third party donor may, if they so wish, have access at the age of majority to the identity and non-identifying data of the third party don…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-25

The sole trader may, at the written request of a creditor, waive the derogation provided for in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 526-22, for a specific undertaking for which he must state the term a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L663-2

The terms of remuneration of court-appointed administrators, court-appointed agents, plan execution commissioners and liquidators are set in accordance with Title IV bis of Book IV. This remuneration…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Teaching and hospital staff.

Article L6151-2

As stated in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-22

A nurse who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-24

The contract accepted by the borrower only becomes perfect on the twofold condition that the borrower has not exercised his right of withdrawal and that the creditor has informed the borrower of his d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Information mentioned in the contract

Article L312-29

When the offer of a credit agreement is accompanied by an insurance proposal, a notice is provided to the borrower on paper or any other durable medium. This notice includes extracts from the general…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Syndicate of communes

Article L5212-26

In order to finance the construction or operation of a local public facility relating to the public distribution of electricity, the development of electricity production using renewable energies, the…

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