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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1532-2

Articles L. 1221-3 to L. 1221-7 , article L. 1222-9, the second to fourth and penultimate paragraphs of article L. 1221-10 and article L. 1221-10-2, solely insofar as it concerns the structures mentio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary takings.

Article L3334-2

Persons who set up cafés or public houses during a public fair, sale or celebration are not required to make the declaration prescribed by article L. 3332-3, but must obtain authorisation from the mun…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Resistance tests

Article R385-4

The stress tests referred to in Article L. 385-3 consist of a projection of the business of the supplementary occupational pension fund into the future. This projection is based on :a) A scenario exte…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Search and recording

Article L531-5

…isseminated at the instigation of the Public Prosecutor's Office at the convicted person's expense; 3° Withdrawal of the products to which the offence relates and, under the same conditions, a ban on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article LO6342-2

Without prejudice to the direct recourse available to it, if a natural or legal person is injured by an act mentioned in articles LO 6341-2 and LO 6341-3, it may, within two months of the date on whic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-1

…ed in 1° of article L. 1221-8 ; 2° The name and address of the establishment preparing the product; 3° The form of the product; 4° The composition and volume as set out in the decision of the Director…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition and operation

Article R612-2

…e shall lay down the conditions for replacing the chairman of the Commission if he is unable to act;3° The period for which it is empowered to take the decisions referred to in 1°.This decision is pub…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Setting up and closing down the social and economic committee

Article R2313-1

When it takes a decision on the determination of the number and scope of separate establishments in application of article L. 2313-4, the employer shall inform each representative trade union organisa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article A526-7

…sole trader and the amounts of the claims guaranteed by them; > The total value of the liabilities 3° The total value of the liabilities; 4° A list of the business assets subject to a security intere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-14

…rom the interested party;2° All official documents proving the candidate's identity and nationality;3° All documents proving the candidate's domicile;4° A legible photocopy of one of the qualification…

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