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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General provisions

Article 679

…ition fixe : 1° Les actes qui ne comportent aucune disposition entrant dans les prévisions des 1° à 4° de Article 677; 2° Registrations of judicial or contractual mortgages not subject to the proporti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Fire insurance.

Article L122-8

Where the damage covered by an insurance contract is the result of a forest fire, the insurer may, if it is established that the insured has not complied with the obligations arising from articles L13…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L941-12

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-4-2 of the town planning code" are replac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L951-8

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in articles L. 313-4 and L. 313-4-2 of the town planning code" are replac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-4

The penalties provided for in Article L. 1543-3 are doubled: 1° If the offences provided for in the said article have resulted in the use of products being dangerous to human health; 2° If the offence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Extemporaneous preparation.

Article R5143-4

…with the provisions relating to the composition, prescription and administration of medicated feed; 4° Check the records provided for in article R. 5143-3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R50-44

…ument of the person signing the certificate. The prior declaration of travel provided for in 3° and 4° of Article 706-25-7 shall specify the dates, the destination of the planned travel and the addres…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to sub-contracts that do not have the nature of sub-contracts

Article R2393-42

…s of the proposed subcontractor; 3° The place where the subcontracted services are to be performed; 4° The subcontractor's ability to carry out the professional activity and its economic, financial, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III ter: Birth centres

Article L6323-4

Birthing centres are health facilities in which midwives, under the conditions set out in articles L. 4151-1 and L. 4151-4 relating to the practice of their profession, give birth to women whose pregn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Temporary changes of use

Article R1225-4

…nital malformations and antiparasitic products classified as carcinogenic or mutagenic; 3° Benzene; 4° Metallic lead and its compounds; 5° Rubella virus or toxoplasma; 6° Work in hyperbaric environmen…

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