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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-2

…1° In the event of the creation of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax system, a merger between several public inter-municipal cooperation establishments, at least one…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Deception

Article L441-1

…rd party:1° either on the nature, species, origin, substantial qualities, composition or content in useful principles of any goods;2° either on the quantity of the goods delivered or on their identity…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Persons subject to more than one detention order

Article R249-41

If the person remanded in custody is the subject of several detention warrants issued by liberty and custody judges from different judicial courts, only the judge from the court whose seat is closest…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Valuation of the property

Article R313-18

…professional skills resulting from:1° Either a higher education diploma attesting to specific real estate training and professional experience of at least three consecutive years with a real estate a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Provisions applicable to persons convicted of acts of terrorism

Article D49-80

…rosecutor of the Paris judicial court. These hearings shall take place at the Paris Judicial Court, using, in liaison with the prison in which the sentenced person is being held, a means of audiovisua…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Establishments manufacturing, importing or distributing medicated feed.

Article R5142-56

…ctured for the purposes of a clinical trial, they are manufactured in accordance with the sponsor's instructions. The person responsible referred to in article R. 5142-55 ensures that the medicated fe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-8

…well as the expense and income items of consolidated companies according to the classification plan used for consolidation; 2° The valuation, using the necessary restatements, of the assets and liabil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article 795

The decision of the Investigating Chamber may be referred to the Court of Cassation in the manner provided for by this Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

I. - 1° The sums paid into the share savings plan are used for one or more of the following purposes : a) Shares, with the exception of those mentioned in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Home savings schemes

Article L221-29

…section 1 of Chapter V of Title I of Book III of the Construction and Housing Code.

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