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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-425

The extension of activity is renewed by tacit agreement for the same period, subject to the production by the person concerned of a medical certificate of physical and mental fitness drawn up by an ap…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-25

If the consumer wishes performance of a service or contract mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 221-4 begins before the end of the withdrawal period provided for in article L. 221-18 and if…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-11

…mission for care was ordered in application of 2° of II of article L. 3212-1 or article L. 3212-3 ; 4° The dates on which the information mentioned in a and b of article L. 3211-3 was issued; 5° Where…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

The amount of aid granted to carry out a project complies, depending on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), A…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-56

…the persons registered on the list of industrial property attorneys mentioned in Article L. 422-1; 4° Two industrial property attorneys, chosen from a list of eight candidates proposed, apart from th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1798 bis

…of an irregularity mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-24 of the code of taxes on goods and services;4° The use of documents mentioned in 4° of article L. 311-39 of the code of taxes on goods and servi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution

Article R591-3

When, in Guadeloupe, the significant increase in the level of asylum applications recorded over a period of three months justifies this with regard to the particular characteristics and constraints of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-9

…efined in articles L. 1611-5 and L. 1617-5 of the General Local Authorities Code.II.Notwithstanding 4° of the same article L. 1617-5, for the services mentioned in article L. 174-2-1 of the Social Sec…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article R3

The commission provided for in Article 16 (2° and 4°) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, whose assent is required for the appointment of members of the national gendarmerie and civil servants from the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L754-14

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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