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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Organisation and operation

Article L5721-7-1

…e rights of third parties and in compliance with the provisions of articles L. 5211-25-1 et L. 5211-26 the conditions under which the trade union is wound up.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agents

Article L775-17

…3-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 523-2, with the exception of its h) Act 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 523-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 523-5 Act 2014-344 of 17 March 2014 L. 5…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Use of the account for part-time work

Article D4163-25

…ed for in the last four paragraphs of article L. 3123-17, in the third paragraph of article L. 3123-26 and in article L. 4163-10 and according to the procedures provided for in article D. 3123-3. In s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-3

…ropean Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Direc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

…1° Such injury does not fall within the scope of Article 53 of the Social Security Funding Act for 2001 (no. 2000-1257 of 23 December 2000) or of l'article L. 126-1 of the Insurance Code or Chapter I…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-1

…of 11 December 2019;Articles R. 125-2 to R. 125-5 and R. 125-7 as amended by Decree no. 2019-992 of 26 September 2019;Article R. 131-2 as amended by Decree no. 2017-891 of 6 May 2017; Article R. 151-2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 38 bis B bis

I. - As an exception to the provisions of articles 38, 238 septies B and 238 septies E, when insurance and capitalisation companies, supplementary professional retirement funds mentioned in Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-631

Attached practitioners who are former university clinical chiefs and hospital assistants, former university hospital assistants, former university assistants and hospital assistants, former university…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5

I.-In the case of assignment of the exploitation right, where the author has suffered a loss of more than seven twelfths due to injury or insufficient forecasting of the proceeds of the work, he may r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1

If the accused does not consent to be tried forthwith or if the case does not appear to be ready for trial, the court, after hearing the submissions of the parties and their counsel, remits the case t…

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