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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-8

…where this is required.Operators are required to send each of the recommendations mentioned respectively in the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 331-20 to the subscriber electronically, with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 8: Payment to finance mobility services

Article L2333-64

I. - Outside the Ile-de-France region, natural or legal persons, public or private, with the exception of non-profit-making foundations and associations recognised as being of public utility whose act…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Provisions relating to the setting up of a relay establishment

Article L613-53

…bail-out measure pursuant to I of Article L. 613-55 shall not prevent the exercise of these rights. IV. - When using a bridge institution, the resolution college shall ensure that the total value of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-8

…the fixed fine entails recognition of the reality of the offence and a reduction in the number of driving licence points. II.-The right-hand side includes the place where the part of the fine stamp to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients.

Article R4127-37-1

…e doctor in charge of the patient must respect the wishes expressed by the patient in advance directives, except in the cases provided for in II and III of this article. II - In the event of a life-th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1872-1

…d for by II of Article 7 of Ordinance No. 2007-1434 of 5 October 2007 extending Parts One, Two and Five of the General Code of Territorial Authorities to the communes of French Polynesia, their groupi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-5

…neficiaries of these contracts and, where applicable, the beneficial owners of these beneficiaries. IV. - By way of derogation from I, when the risk of money laundering or terrorist financing appears…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1-A

…rofession within the framework of a société pluri-professionnelle d'exercice, provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers employing casual entertainment workers.

Article L6331-55

…articles L. 6331-1 and L. 6331-3, when employers employ one or more intermittent employees in the live performance and recorded performance sectors, for whom it is common practice not to use open-end…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Role of health care institutions

Article R1221-48

…g the occurrence of a serious incident or adverse reaction in the health establishment. III. - In private health establishments, the legal representative, when asked to do so by the establishment's me…

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