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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Departmental maternal and child protection service.

Article L2112-2-1

…s work with health centres and health centres to implement the pathway referred to in 7° of article L. 6323-1-1 and in the last paragraph of article L. 6323-3. To this end, they may refer the child's…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-16

…a view to making full reparation for the harm suffered. The second to eighth paragraphs of article L. 1142-14 apply to this offer.If the State is designated as liable, the offer is made by the Office…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-12-2

Notwithstanding article L. 113-12, where the purpose of the insurance contract is to guarantee, in the event of the occurrence of one of the risks defined in the contract, either the total or partial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-1-2

…an Economic Area may carry out, on behalf of a pharmacy holding the licence provided for in Article L. 5125-18, the activity of subcontracting preparations provided for in the second paragraph of Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-2-1

As part of the tasks entrusted to mayors as agents of the State, the municipalities are responsible for: 1° Receiving and entering applications for national identity cards and passports and issuing th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-14

…ith updates that the consumer may legitimately expect, in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 224-25-25; 7° It corresponds to the quantity, quality and other characteristics, including in ter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Possibility of an agreement and specific terms and conditions resulting therefrom.

Article L1233-24-1

…a collective agreement may determine the content of the job protection plan mentioned in articles L. 1233-61 to L. 1233-63 , as well as the procedures for consulting the social and economic committe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-10-2

…y avail themselves of the measures granted to the debtor pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 611-7 or the second paragraph of Article L. 611-10-1 as well as the provisions of the recorded or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28-1

The contract authorising the communication to the public of a work on an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the tr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-5-2

…of each of the same years. However, for the contracts mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 132-23, the company indicates the transfer values instead of the surrender values. The proposal o…

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