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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: French Development Agency

Article R515-8

The agency's aid may be granted in the form of loans, advances, equity investments, guarantees, donations or any other form of financial assistance. These loans may be granted to governments, internat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to antenatal consultations.

Article R2122-12

All antenatal consultations must be attended by at least one nurse or midwife, who may be assisted by one or more nurses or midwives. Within the limits of the laws and regulations in force, trainee nu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Screening for and treatment of certain sexually transmitted diseases

Article R2311-14

The centres may carry out screening and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases, either at the request of the patients or with their agreement, on the proposal of the doctor, who will make the res…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 quinquies C

…spouse and their ascendants and descendants do not together hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the rights in the profits of companies whose securities are included in the assets of the ven…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R93

…oreign court pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-10

…ovided for in 2° of Article L. 124-1, the provisions of this article do not apply. The articles L. 125-15 and L. 125-16.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-13

Shares are freely transferable by inheritance or in the event of the liquidation of community property between spouses and freely transferable between spouses and between ascendants and descendants. H…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-82

…e Board is convened to carry out the transactions referred to in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 225-68 and unless otherwise provided for in the Articles of Association, the internal regulations may…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seizure for counterfeiting

Article L332-4

Infringement of software and databases may be proven by any means. To this end, any person with standing to bring an infringement action is entitled to have carried out in any place and by any bailiff…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-3

I. - Where the majority of the members of a consortium are local authorities or local public establishments other than a public social or medico-social establishment or a public housing office, a tend…

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