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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article L3214-3

…ll provide care for the patient and shall be entered in the register referred to in article L. 3212-11.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-2

…provided that this contract was taken out before the entry into force of deliberation no. 2020/CA/11 of 29 May 2020 or that the work concerned is produced as part of a co-production mentioned in b o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-1

…the sale involves new property, this is mentioned in the advertising provided for in article L. 321-11.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

…714-1, the registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt by which, pursuant to Article R. 713-11, the judgment is notified to the lessor, informs the latter that, in the absence of any dispute o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-8

…ar; 9° Borrowings; 10° The acquisition, extension or sale of financial holdings by the institution; 11° The creation or sale of subsidiary companies; 12° The acceptance or refusal of gifts and legacie…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: National metrology and testing laboratory

Article R823-10

The deliberations of the Board of Directors relating to the objects mentioned in 6°, 7°, 8°, 10°, 11° and 16° of article R. 823-7 are enforceable only after they have been approved by the Minister for…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 827

…bodies by a société d'habitations à loyer modéré, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 422-11 of the French Construction and Housing Code, regardless of the nature of the assets included in t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1638 quinquies

…of the withdrawal of a commune under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5214-26 and L. 5216-11 of the General Local Authorities Code, the public inter-municipal cooperation body subject to the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: FOREIGN ENFORCEMENT

Article R711-1

…avel documents of the foreign national who is the subject of it:1° The stamp referred to in Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Un…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-50-8

…of the sums in question, a claim benefiting from the preferential right provided for inArticle L. 611-11 of the French Commercial Code against either the person subject to resolution proceedings or,…

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