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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operation.

Article R6152-311

Practitioners are represented by the elected representatives of the discipline or group of disciplines to which the practitioner for whom the procedure has been implemented belongs.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-21

…least three years and whose purpose is the study and protection of the heritage defined in Article L. 1 of the Heritage Code, may exercise the rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offenc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional contributions

Article L115-14

…Article L. 311-2 ; 3° A contribution payable by companies exporting cinematographic wo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision by the Minister responsible for culture

Article R211-12

…L. 311-2. II. - The classification measure, accompanied w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article R112-7

I.-For the application of 1° of I of article L. 112-2-2: 1° Distributors shall inform the subscriber at the beginning of the call : a) That, in accordance with the law, telephone conversations are rec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other provisions

Article L5522-27-2

For the application of article L. 5142-1 in Mayotte, the words "in articles L. 311-3 and L. 412-8" are replaced by the words "in article L. 412-8".

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-2

Share consolidations provided for in article L. 228-29-1 include the obligation for shareholders to make the purchases or sales of shares necessary to carry out the reverse split. The nominal value of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Packaging characteristics

Article L3512-20

…to the provisions relating to the affixing of the distinguishing marks referred to in 8° of Article L. 311-39 of the French Goods and Services Tax Code and adopted pursuant to 3° of Article L. 311-42…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-2

…the authorisation for simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission referred to in articles L. 132-20-1 and L. 132-20-3.Failing an amicable agreement, the Mediator may propose to the parties t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-20

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overrun as defined in 11° of article L. 311-1.

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