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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Council and National Disciplinary Chamber.

Article L4122-2-1

Contracts concluded for valuable consideration by the national council with one or more economic operators to meet its needs for supplies or services shall comply with the principles of freedom of acc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-2-1

The provisions of I of Article L. 611-2 are applicable, under the same conditions, to private legal entities and to natural persons exercising an agricultural or independent professional activity, inc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-2-1

I. - Taxes and levies collected by way of assessment on behalf of the Regions are allocated monthly, in the amount of one twelfth of their total amount, as provided for in the budget for the current y…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-2

For a similar biological medicinal product defined in a of 15° of Article L. 5121-1, the marketing authorisation may be granted before the expiry of the intellectual property rights attached to the re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: French FIA portfolio management companies

Article L532-25-1

I. - Any portfolio management company having its registered office in mainland France, the French overseas departments, Saint-Martin and the Department of Mayotte and authorised to manage an AIF cover…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article L3121-22-1

At the request of one fifth of its members, the departmental council deliberates on the creation of an information and assessment mission, tasked with gathering information on an issue of departmental…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies

Article L4132-21-1

The Regional Council, when one fifth of its members so request, shall deliberate on the creation of a mission of information and evaluation, tasked with gathering information on a matter of regional i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-18

Compensation awarded under this section may not be combined with that awarded, where applicable, under Articles L. 1142-14, L. 1142-15, L. 1142-17, L. 1142-20 and L. 1142-21, nor with compensation of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2a: Partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of movable property by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L321-28-1

I.-The Conseil des maisons de vente grants partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of furniture by public auction when all the following conditions are met: 1° The professional is fully qua…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24-1

I. - The allowances voted by the municipal councils of municipalities with at least 100,000 inhabitants for the actual performance of the duties of municipal councillor are at most equal to 6% of the…

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