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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal expenses insurance.

Article L127-7

Persons who have access to information provided by the insured for the purposes of his or her case under a legal expenses insurance contract are bound by professional secrecy, under the conditions and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-1

Infringement of the prohibitions laid down in Articles 9, 10, 13 and 15 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark shall constitute an infringement giving rise to ci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4344-2

Speech and language therapists, orthoptists and students studying for one or other of the certificates of qualification are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and subject to the reserv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-14

…Agreement on the European Economic Area who, without possessing the diploma provided for in Article L. 4241-13, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualifications issued by one or more Member States or Contr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-1

…ssions: 1° It registers the statutory auditors and third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 and the keeping of the lists provided for in Article L. 822-1 ; 2° It adopts, under the c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-3-1

…e absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded in application of article L. 1244-3, this waiting period is equal to: 1° One third of the duration of the expired contract if…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation

Article L5211-5-1

…the same time as the list of municipalities concerned under the conditions provided for in article L. 5211-5.They are approved by order of the State representative(s) in the department(s) concerned.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-6-2

…ompetences transferred to a mixed syndicate, is carried out under the conditions set out in article L. 5211-25-1. When the movable and immovable assets have been acquired or realised or when the debt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Organisation and operation of the deposit guarantee and resolution fund

Article L312-15

I. - In the performance of its compensation mission provided for in I of Article L. 312-5, the fonds de garantie des dépôts et de résolution shall have access to information held by its members, by th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Rates for local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-9

A. - Subject to the provisions of Article L. 2333-10, the maximum rates referred to in B shall apply.B. - Subject to the provisions of articles L. 2333-12 and L. 2333-16, these maximum rates are, with…

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