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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-17

…or in consideration for a service provided to the debtor during that period, shall be paid when due.II.-.Where they are not paid on the due date, these claims are paid by lien before all other claims,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-95

…uare is placed in the top left-hand corner of the label ; 2° For substances or preparations in list II, a Saint Andrew's cross printed in black on a yellow-orange square background of sufficient size;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Cross-border transactions

Article R236-38

…with the receiving company or companies or retained by the company transferring part of its assets; II. II - Where the final paragraph of article L. 236-48 is applied, the draft terms of reference mus…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article D742-2

I. - Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910

…ffect insofar as they are authorised by order of the representative of the State in the department. II. - However, inter vivos or testamentary dispositions in favour of foundations, congregations and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article L526-24

…ious and repeated failure to comply with his tax obligations, under the conditions set out in I and II of article L. 273 B of the Book of Tax Procedures, or serious and repeated failure to comply with…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxes

Article 1530

…the conditions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, institute this tax in place of the commune. II. - The tax is due for property assessed pursuant to article 1498, with the exception of those ref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-6

…santé and by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumption mentioned in II of Article L. 5211-2 ; 5° The specific rules applicable to the traceability of these devices, par…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Undertakings for collective real estate investment.

Article R214-111

…equal to the market value of the contracts less any guarantees set up in favour of the undertaking. II. - The exposure of an undertaking for collective real estate investment to counterparty risk on a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-1

…exclusively for therapeutic purposes in the thermal establishments mentioned in article R. 1322-52. II - The swimming pools mentioned in I consist of installations or parts of installations comprising…

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