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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-2

The committee provided for in article L. 3222-5 is made up of :1° Two psychiatrists, one appointed by the public prosecutor at the court of appeal, the other by the representative of the State in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…from bioavailability studies for generic proprietary medicinal products as defined in 5° of Article L. 5121-1, the procedure for inclusion in the register of generic groups referred to in Article L. 5…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-21

…e prudentiel et de résolution may ask undertakings subject to group supervision pursuant to Article L. 356-2 as well as affiliated or participating undertakings having their registered office in Franc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Valuation of the property

Article L313-20

…arranges for the valuation of the residential property financed with a loan referred to in article L. 313-1, it shall ensure that: 1° The valuation is carried out by a property valuer who can demonst…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-2

For the purpose of conducting a census of parcels of land mentioned in article L. 2421-1, the mayor of the commune shall draw up, for each of these parcels, a statement : 1° Indicating its cadastral d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L8243-2

…of the French Penal Code, for the offence of unlawful lending of labour as provided for in Article L. 8241-1 are liable to the following penalties: 1° A fine under the conditions set out inarticle 13…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and purpose of sector collective agreements

Article L7343-27

…provisions of this section shall apply to platforms in the sectors of activity mentioned in Article L. 7343-1, hereinafter referred to as "platforms", and to self-employed workers using these platform…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Book I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L2100-2

…racts concluded by persons governed by private law who are not purchasers as referred to in Article L. 1210-1 and who are more than 50% directly subsidised by a contracting authority are subject to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Distance supply of consumer financial services

Article L343-2

…ovision of financial services to a consumer is preceded by canvassing within the meaning of article L. 341-1, article L. 341-12 applies in place of article L. 222-5 of the Consumer Code and references…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Municipal police

Article L2212-2-2

…antations on the right-of-way of roads on which he exercises the traffic police pursuant to article L. 2213-1 in order to guarantee the safety and convenience of passage, the costs relating to the ope…

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