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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 9: Contracts for the purchase of precious metals

Article L224-98

The contract provided for in article L. 224-97 includes the following information: 1° The full name and address of the professional purchaser or, in the case of a legal entity, its company name and th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-160

…professional secrecy being enforceable against it, subject to the provisions of article 66-5 of law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-2

…ication to Mayotte of the first paragraph of Article L. 5216-10, the words: "the publication of law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 relating to the strengthening and simplification of intercommunal coopera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Powers of investigation in public health matters

Article L1544-8-1

…edure of French Polynesia.Article L. 1427-1, in the version resulting from the aforementioned Order no. 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013, is applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia if it is an o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-101

…ends to ask the company to fulfil the obligation to which it is bound pursuant to article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies, he shall notify his r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-102

…date of issue of the registration. For registrations issued up to the date of publication of decree no. 2008-436 of 6 May 2008 relating to the registration of homeopathic medicinal products and tradit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-10

The Articles of Association may give the Company the option of requiring the repurchase either of all its own non-voting preference shares, or of certain classes of them, each class being determined b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…the adaptations provided for in II to VIII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5721-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 5721-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 5721-2-1 law no. 2…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Marriage certificates.

Article 76

The marriage certificate will state: 1° The forenames, surnames, occupations, ages, dates and places of birth, domiciles and residences of the spouses; 2° The forenames, surnames, occupations and domi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Accounting provisions

Article L214-109

At the end of each financial year, the management company draws up an inventory of the various assets and liabilities existing at that date. It also draws up the annual accounts and prepares a written…

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