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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-6

…rceability provided for in Articles 47 of Council Regulations (EU) No 2016/1103 and No 2016/1104 of 24 June 2016 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of jurisdiction, applicable law, recognit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of location surveys and reports

Article R1334-20

…the search. These samples are analysed in accordance with the procedures defined in article R. 1334-24. III -On completion of the survey, the person who carried it out draws up a survey report, which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Information systems

Article D1413-58

I.-A website, developed and implemented by the consortium mentioned in article L. 1111-24, is made available to the public, healthcare professionals and professionals in the health and medico-social s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The electronic portal

Article D814-58-3

…for in the second paragraph of Article R. 621-19 ;b) The declaration provided for in article L. 622-24 ;c) The transfer provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 628-7 ;d) The information pro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-6

…diture relating to the transferred competencies.For beneficiaries of the fund who commit, before 15 May 2009 and, after authorisation from their deliberative assembly, by agreement with the representa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
18°: Parent companies

Article 145

…Section B(1) of Annex I to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/EC and Directive 2011/61…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and scope of application

Article L764-1

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising establishments performing pre-implantation diagnosis

Article R2131-28

The application for authorisation must be drawn up in accordance with a standard dossier, the composition of which is set by the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine. This application is s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-2

A mixed syndicate may be formed by agreement between interregional institutions of common utility, regions, interdepartmental agreements or institutions, départements, the Lyon metropolitan area, publ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-34

…on presenting the revised remuneration policy pursuant to the previous paragraph, the suspended sum may not be paid, and the same effects as those associated with disapproval of the draft resolution m…

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