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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R4113-16

A partner practising within a société d'exercice libéral de médecins, de chirurgiens-dentistes ou de sages-femmes may be excluded : 1° If he is subject to a disciplinary measure resulting in a ban on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R4381-16

A member practising within a société d'exercice libéral set up for the purpose of practising one of the professions referred to in this section may be excluded : a) If he is subject to a sanction enta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company.

Article R6223-66

A partner practising within a "société d'exercice libéral" referred to in article R6223-62 may be excluded : 1° If they are subject to a disciplinary measure entailing a ban on practising or on the ri…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Action.

Article 31

The action is open to all those who have a legitimate interest in the success or rejection of a claim, subject to cases in which the law attributes the right to act only to persons whom it qualifies t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special export provisions

Article 22

…f emergency permit or suspend the export of products of the soil and of national industry. 2. These acts must be presented, in the form of bills, to the National Assembly before the end of its session…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1261-1

…pproved and published, and in particular the Treaties establishing the European Communities and the acts of the authorities of those Communities adopted in implementation of those Treaties.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-20

…cial Code do not apply to measures decided by the resolution college pursuant to this chapter or to acts carried out by the persons it appoints pursuant to Article L. 311-29.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizure operations

Article R232-8

The act of seizure renders the debtor's pecuniary rights unavailable. The debtor may obtain a release by depositing with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations a sum sufficient to pay off the creditor…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Delivery terms

Article R2151-7

…ay prohibit candidates, in the consultation documents, from submitting several tenders for the contract or some of its lots, acting at the same time:1° As individual candidates and as members of one o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-26

…certificate shall not be deemed to have infringed the rights attached to the certificate. However, acts committed after notification of a certified copy of the application for a certificate to the al…

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