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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Infant formulae

Article L122-15

…gifts to the public free of charge, whether directly or indirectly through health services or their agents.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Infant formulae

Article L122-14

It shall be prohibited in the retail trade to distribute samples of infant formula free of charge or to engage in any other promotional practice in favour of the direct sale of such formula.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Joint application

Article 859

The parties may set out their claims by joint motion.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Joint application

Article 860

The matter is referred to the court by delivery of the joint petition.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Special provisions applicable to inter-municipal tourist offices constituted in the form of a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article L134-6

The Tourist Office budget includes the following income in particular: 1° Subsidies ; 2° Specific subscriptions and offers of assistance ; 3° donations and legacies 4° The taxe de séjour or taxe de sé…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Special provisions applicable to inter-municipal tourist offices constituted in the form of a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R134-12

…es R. 133-1 to R. 133-18 apply to inter-municipal tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment. For the application of the articles mentioned in the first paragraph to gr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Direct management of public services

Article L1412-1

…s for inter-communal cooperation or mixed syndicates, for the direct operation of an industrial and commercial public service falling within their remit, set up an régie subject to the provisions of C…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial and accounting provisions

Article R114-4

Receipts and imprest accounts may be set up by decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Equity loans

Article L313-13

…he State, subject to Articles L. 313-18 to L. 313-20, credit institutions, finance companies, other commercial companies, alternative investment funds governed by Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of preferred film production creditors

Article L312-4

…when the production company is the subject of one of the procedures provided for in Book VI of the Commercial Code, without the exercise of these rights being subject to the declaration of claim prov…

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