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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-7

…ithout prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 4122-1-2 and L. 4123-10 and VI of article L. 4124-11, when the number of vacant seats no longer enables a quorum to be reached, the President of the N…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the investigation of claims for compensation.

Article R424-14

…sion within six months of the acknowledgement of receipt of the file provided for in article R. 424-11, either rejecting the application or deciding to continue the investigation, the application is d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-16

…lementary occupational pension funds under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 334-3, R. 334-11, R. 334-17 and R. 385-1, up to the amount of the contribution paid by the undertaking or suppleme…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-9

…s defined in article R. 2431-10 and the final preliminary design studies defined in article R. 2431-11.The preliminary design studies also include the preparation of the files and consultations fallin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Deadlines for submission of tenders

Article R3124-2

…d of the concessionaire and, where applicable, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 3122-11, the impossibility of providing electronic access to the consultation documents. Subject to the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article L722-6

…he provisions relating to supplementary elections set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 723-11, judges of the commercial courts are elected for two years at the time of their first election. A…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: International trade marks and European Union trade marks

Article R717-1

The articles R. 712-3(2°, d), R. 712-9 to R. 712-11, R. 712-13 to R. 712-19, R. 712-23 and R. 712-23-1, R. 714-2 R. 714-4 to R. 714-8 and R. 716-1 to R. 716-14 shall apply to international trademark r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R451-2

…for 5th class offences. Recidivism is punishable in accordance with the provisions of articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the Penal Code.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Domestic arbitration.

Article 1464

…e guiding principles of the proceedings set out in articles 4 to 10, the first paragraph of Article 11, the second and third paragraphs of Article 12 and to articles 13 to 21,23 and 23-1. The parties…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 733-2

…by the trial court pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of the articles 131-9 and 131-11 of the Penal Code. Enforcement may cover all or part of this sentence. This decision is taken aft…

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