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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Vaccinations.

Article R3116-2

Any pupil or student mentioned in article L. 3111-4 who is not immunised against the diseases mentioned in the first paragraph of the said article is liable to a 5th class fine.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedural obligations and rights of appeal

Article L613-58

…es: 1° Le ministre chargé de l'économie ; 2° The European Commission ; 3° The European Central Bank 4° The European Systemic Risk Board ; 5° The European Banking Authority 6° The European Insurance an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: General Meeting.

Article R214-143

…3° A statement that the document may be used for each resolution for a postal vote or a proxy vote; 4° A statement that power of attorney to vote on behalf of the signatory may be given to a proxy app…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-30

When a case is referred to the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique pursuant to Articles L. 137-4, L. 219-4 and L. 331-29 to L. 331-31, the case shall be investigated…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Settlement of public claims.

Article D626-14

Applications for debt remission are examined by a commission comprising the heads of financial services and representatives of the bodies and institutions concerned. The composition and operating cond…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks, composition and operating rules

Article L783-7

…621-5-2 Law no. 2017-55 of 20 January 2017 L. 621-5-3 with the exception of 2° and c), f) and g) of 4° of II and L. 621-5-4 Law no. 2021-1900 of 30 December 2021 L. 621-5-5 law no. 2017-1837 of 30 Dec…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area wishing to settle in France

Article R212-91

…of Article L. 212-7 are : 1° Skiing and its derivatives ; 2° Mountaineering ; 3° Underwater diving 4° Parachuting ; 5° Speleology.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-5

Persons who are subject to a measure of exclusion from administrative contracts by virtue of an administrative decision taken in application of article L. 8272-4 of the Labour Code are excluded from t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L2301-1

…ion of this book and by way of derogation from article L. 1111-3, the employees mentioned in 2° and 4° of the same article L. 1111-3 are taken into account when calculating the company's workforce.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-10

When a judicial tribunal has been designated under the conditions provided for in Article L. 722-4, the term of office of the judges of the Commercial Court relinquished shall not be interrupted durin…

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