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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Popular retirement savings plan

Article L144-2

I. - The popular retirement savings plan is a contract governed by article L. 141-1 , the execution of which is linked to the cessation of professional activity and which is subscribed by an associati…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 260 C

The option mentioned in Article 260 B does not apply: 1° Transactions carried out by affiliates of the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, as well as their groupings, between themsel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POLICE

Article L2212-2

The purpose of the municipal police is to ensure public order, safety, security and health. It includes in particular: 1° Anything that concerns the safety and convenience of passage in the streets, q…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-9

The distribution company guarantees a financial investment taking the form of: 1° In the case mentioned in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: The Commercial Court Registry.

Article L741-2

The profession of commercial court clerk is represented before the public authorities by a National Council of Commercial Court Clerks, which has legal personality and is responsible for defending its…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-24

The declaration of priority provided for in 1 of Article L. 612-7 shall include the date of the earlier filing, the State in or for which it was made, and the number assigned to it. The declaration of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-2

The population to be taken into account for the application of this section is that resulting from the census, increased each year by population increases under conditions defined by decree in the Cou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Internal organisation.

Article L6146-2

Under conditions laid down by regulation, the director of a public health establishment may, on a proposal from the head of the department, after obtaining the opinion of the chairman of the establish…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating conditions

Article L6213-2

The following may also practise as medical biologists:1° From the date of entry into force of Ordinance no. 2010-49 of 13 January 2010 on medical biology, a person who fulfils the conditions for pract…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-237

All registered persons shall indicate on their invoices, order forms, price lists and advertising documents as well as on all correspondence and receipts concerning their activity and signed by them o…

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