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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2404

The holder of the claim referred to in 7° of Article 2402 conserves its mortgage by the double registration made: 1° By the author of the police order issued pursuant to chapitre Ier du titre Ier du l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article L6214-3

…es under the authority of the Minister for Defence, the information provided for in Article L. 6213-11 shall be sent to this Minister, who shall take the appropriate measures. For laboratories on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Management of property and maintenance of prisoners

Article D325

In accordance with the provisions of Article D. 332-11 of the Penitentiary Code, when a convicted prisoner is subject to an obligation to compensate civil parties, the public prosecutor at the court t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Approval of professional associations

Article R519-56

…t de résolution will assess whether the association meets the conditions set out in Articles L. 519-11 to L. 519-15 and the provisions of this chapter. If it considers that the application is incomple…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation by application of an agreement

Article R5212-13

…that should have been paid the previous year, excluding the deductions mentioned in article L. 5212-11. The amounts of annual funding provided for under the programme that have not been spent are carr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles.

Article 372

…authority jointly. Parental authority is exercised jointly in the case provided for in article 342-11.However, where parentage is established with regard to one of them more than one year after the b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-3

…Agency concludes the multiannual contracts for objectives and resources provided for in Article L. 6114-1. It may, with the participation of local and regional authorities, enter into the multi-year c…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…contracts made necessary for the urgent, compulsory execution of the work mentioned in article L. 1311-4 of the Public Health Code and Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-10

…quivalent to the share capital. They are subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3. The conversion into a société anonyme is decided in accordance with the provisions of articles…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

…89-1 any person guilty of any of the following offences: 1° Offence provided for in Article L. 1333-11 of the Defence Code; 2° Délit d'appropriation indue prévue par Article L. 1333-9 of the aforement…

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