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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R1311-8

In the case of a declassification of the public river domain of a territorial authority or group of territorial authorities, the public enquiry procedure provided for in the second paragraph of articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Tied agents

Article L545-1

…ice provider may use the services of tied agents, within the meaning of 29(1) of Article 4 of Directive 2014/65/EU of 15 May 2014 and who may be natural or legal persons, to provide the following inve…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2311-9

…s or obstetric gynaecology, or who holds a diploma of complementary specialised studies in reproductive medicine and medical gynaecology; if it is not possible to recruit a doctor who meets these cond…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Publicity and policing of the hearing

Article 400-1

For the trial of the war crimes mentioned in Chapter I of Book IV bis of the Criminal Code and the crimes mentioned in Article 706-73 of this code, the court may, by judgment given in open court, orde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-21

…cising the rights of holders to the information contained in their record provided for in I, II and IV of article L. 1111-17 as well as article L. 1111-19, the conditions under which certain informati…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National registers

Article R623-40-1

The mention of essentially derived varieties within the meaning of IV of article L. 623-4, whether or not covered by a plant variety certificate, identified by their variety denomination, may be regis…

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

Article D1332-9

…hable, resistant to impact and to pool water cleaning and treatment products, non-slip and non-abrasive. III.-The person responsible for the pool must formalise an internal procedure for cleaning surf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VIII BIS: Special provisions for sole traders covered by the status defined in Section 3 of Chapter VI of Title II of Book V

Article R681-4

…information provided for by these provisions, the name used for the exercise of the professional activity incorporating its name or customary name, immediately preceded or followed by the initials "EI…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Composition and operation of the committee of experts on the specific rules applicable to the compensation of intermittent performing artists and technicians.

Article D5424-68

…e agreement is made public by the chairman of the Expertise Committee. The information mentioned in IV of Article L. 5424-23 of the Labour Code is sent by Pôle emploi and the body responsible for mana…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-8

…ither that no funds are encumbered by the lien or pledge provided for in Chapters I to III of Title IV of this Book, or, if this is not the case, that no opposition has been lodged prior to the access…

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