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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4381-72

…the company name in all correspondence and documents issued by the company. It is supplemented by a reference to the particulars set out in 1° and 2° of article 72 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-9

…ed that its operating conditions comply with the criteria defined by the harmonised standards whose references are set by the interministerial order provided for in I of Article L. 6221-2 and that the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23

…lue of the individual rights guaranteed by the agreement on the date of liquidation. If a surrender option is available, the member receives, when he requests the settlement of his rights, information…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-6

…of the business.By declaration made before a notary, under penalty of nullity, each spouse has the option of terminating the presumption of mandate, with his or her spouse present or duly summoned. T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-17

…sferee or successors, the holder of the shares, or, in the event of death, his successors, have the option of transferring or selling their business or their company in the trades and crafts sector re…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 279

…by a new agreement between spouses, also subject to homologation. The spouses nevertheless have the option of stipulating in their agreement that each of them may, in the event of a significant change…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 261-1

…have been drawn by lot. He asks them to state their profession. He informs them that they have the option of applying by simple letter before 1 September to the chairman of the commission provided fo…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article R223-10

…icle will be sold at public auction; 4° An indication that disputes may be brought, at the debtor's option, before the enforcement judge of the place where the debtor lives or where the vehicle is imm…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Performance of the credit agreement

Article L313-47

…rly repayment, on paper or on another durable medium, with the information required to examine this option. This information shall at least quantify the consequences that will be imposed on the borrow…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163-0 A bis

…me on 8 December 2001, resigned their status as participating members by exercising their statutory options to buy back under the conditions then in force. However, the amount is divided by the number…

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