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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-2-3

…son who meets the conditions for admission to psychiatric care under Chapters II and III of this Title is taken into emergency care by a health care establishment which does not provide care for perso…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-3

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of II of article L. 823-19 of the French Commercial Code, the specialised committee referred to in this article may include a maximum of two membe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-2

The provisions of Article L. 131-3-1 apply to local authorities, public administrative establishments, independent administrative authorities with legal personality, the Banque de France, the Institut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-2

The risk committee shall advise the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions on matters concerning the investment firm's overall risk str…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Representative bodies and staff expression.

Article L6144-3-2

Civil servants, State workers and contract employees under public law working in an armed forces hospital or in another component of the armed forces health service, made available to a public law gro…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Transmission of information

Article L561-30-2

I. - When, on the basis of a report made in accordance with Article L. 561-15, the department referred to in Article L. 561-23 refers the matter to the Public Prosecutor, it shall inform the person re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-26-3

For the implementation of the missions provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 4424-26-2, the office draws up a multiannual programme of operations which:- defines its actions, the procedure…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-3-2

I. - Where the establishment of proof of the infringement or breach depends on it and cannot be established otherwise, the officials mentioned in Article L. 450-1 may postpone the time at which they d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-2

I. - The obligations laid down by the provisions of Chapters I and II of this Title, the European provisions directly applicable in terms of the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-24-3

Where there is no contract between the plant variety certificate holder and the farmer concerned or between one or more plant variety certificate holders and a group of farmers concerned, or no inter-…

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