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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Pre-contractual information, commercial practices, contracts and credit

Article R521-2

…the operators and persons mentioned in 1° of that same article or in 2 of I of Article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, that users of the online interfaces…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article ANNEXE, art. 43

…of the law of 30 June 1878 relating to indemnities granted to witnesses and experts, articles 4 and 16 of the Empire law of 20 May 1898 on court fees and article 9 of the decree of 9 May 1947 relating…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Mixed associations composed of communes and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation or exclusively public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5843-1

…tralisation, deconcentration and various measures to simplify local public action L. 5711-2 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5711-3 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5711-5 law no. 2015-991 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies.

Article D1862-1

…lynesia, under the conditions laid down by the provisions adopted pursuant to Article 23 of Law no. 2004-193 of 27 February 2004 supplementing the autonomous status of French Polynesia. "III. - For th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the national conference

Article R 1424-66

…pompiers volontaires and, in the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article 44 of law no. 2004-811 of 13 August 2004 on the modernisation of civil security, the prefect of the Paris police f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-107

…veterinary medicinal products authorised by the European Medicines Agency in Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article R541-2

For the application of article R. 541-1 in New Caledonia: 1° A l'article R. 512-16-7, the words: ", without prejudice to the penalty provided for in Article L. 531-6" are deleted; 2° In Article R. 512…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Judicial separation of property.

Article 1293

…lication has been entered in the civil register mentioned in l'article 4 du décret n° 65-422 du 1er juin 1965 portant création d'un service central d'état civil au ministère des affaires étrangères.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-23-1

…provided for therein no later than 31 December of the year following the promulgation of the law n° 2004-811 du 13 août 2004 de modernisation de la sécurité civile.Failing this, the transfer is decide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Inter-municipal agreements, conventions and conferences

Article L5842-31

…the right-hand column of the same table. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5221-1 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5221-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019

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