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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1994

The mandatary is liable for the person he has substituted in the management: 1° when he has not received the power to substitute anyone; 2° when this power has been conferred on him without the design…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1

…r by another qualified person representing the investigator. In particular, the information covers :1° The objective, methodology and duration of the research ;2° The expected benefits and, in the cas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 133-1

In the cases provided for by articles 125,127and 133, when the person is detained by the police or gendarmerie before being brought before a magistrate, the public prosecutor for the place of arrest i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Film ombudsman

Article L213-6

…Film Ombudsman refers to the Autorité de la concurrence any practices prohibited by articles L. 420-1, L. 420-2 and L. 420-5 of the French Commercial Code that come to his attention in the film distri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-80

The marketing authorisation, the early access authorisation under 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 or the compassionate access authorisation under II of article L. 5121-12-1 or the compassionate prescri…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1844-10

The nullity of the company can only result from the violation of the provisions of article 1832 and the first paragraph of articles 1832-1 and 1833, or any of the causes of nullity of contracts in gen…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 terdecies-0 AA

Article 199 terdecies-0 A applies under the same conditions and subject to the same penalties to cash subscriptions to the capital of socially useful companies mentioned in article L. 3332-17-1 du cod…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Installation and operation of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-12

…belonging to one or more of the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in Article R. 5126-1, provided that the quality and safety of the response to the pharmaceutical needs of the peopl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L512-1

…they are not incorporated in a form governed by that law.However, the provisions of article L. 236-10 of the Commercial Code do not apply to those of these establishments which have not issued securi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Compensation for damage

Article 849-13

…ures ordered by the judge shall include, in addition to any particulars prescribed by the judgment: 1° A reproduction of the operative part of the decision; 2° Depending on whether the collective wind…

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