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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-26

The appointment of the liquidator(s) of a European Economic Interest Grouping shall give rise to the amending registration provided for in Article R. 123-66.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-18

The Minister responsible for consumption or the minister(s) concerned may issue warnings to manufacturers, importers or distributors and ask them to bring the products they offer to the public into co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-144

I. - The following documents and information are sent or made available to all shareholders under the conditions set out in articles R. 214-137 and R. 214-138, no later than fifteen days before the me…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedures for mobilising trade receivables.

Article R313-15

The notification provided for in article L. 313-28 may be made by any means. Notification to the debtor of an assigned or pledged claim, in application of articles L. 313-23 to L. 313-35, must include…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1-2

I. - Without prejudice to V of article L. 5210-1-1, when the representative of the State in the department establishes that a commune does not belong to any public establishment of inter-communal coop…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12

Approval derogating from some of the technical specifications required under article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 20-5

The provisions contained in articles 19-3 and 19-4 are not applicable to children born in France to diplomatic agents or career consuls of foreign nationality. However, these children have the option…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
APPENDIX TO BOOK II

Article

II-1. Automatic financial aid for the production and preparation of feature films II-1.1. Supporting documents to be attached to an application for a production investment allowance (Articles 211-41 e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-13

If the research is to be carried out in one or more public or private establishments, the sponsor must inform the director(s) of these establishments before the research is carried out.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-4

For the construction or substantial modification of a ski lift or a conveyor belt, a single project manager is chosen for the project, independent of the client, the builder(s) and the operator of the…

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