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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Economic census

Article D2396-2

The provisions of articles D. 2196-5 to D. 2196-7 apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Remuneration of members of boards and delegations

Article D4233-29

The elected members of a regional, central or national council or of a delegation of the Order, who are not entitled to the allowance provided for in article D. 4233-28, may receive an allowance for p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article D211-2

The general terms and conditions applicable to the sales contracts mentioned in article L. 217-1 include a box informing the consumer of the procedures for implementing the legal guarantees mentioned…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L612-2

For the application of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Taxpayer returns

Article 172 bis

A decree specifies the nature and content of the documents that must be produced or presented to the administration by real estate companies not subject to corporate income tax that rent out their pro…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-2-2

When the misleading commercial practices mentioned in articles L. 121-2 to L. 121-4 have been committed as part of an organised gang, the prison sentence provided for in Article L. 132-2 is increased…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the second paragraph, the provisions of Article L. 5124-13 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures in companies with between eleven and fifty employees

Article L2232-23

In companies with between eleven and twenty employees, in the absence of an elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, articles L. 2232-21, L. 2232-22 and L. 2232-22-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-28

Where no agreement has been reached and the special negotiating body has not taken the decision provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 2352-13, employee participation in the European Compa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2353-29

If only one form of participation exists within the participating companies, this system shall be applied to the European Company, taking into account the proportion or, as the case may be, the highes…

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