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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-7

A generic medicinal product or a medicinal product belonging to a generic group without a reference medicinal product, whose marketing authorisation is withdrawn, is removed from the register of gener…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-54

…f Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, shall offer consumers a free option to block calls to premium rate numbers in certain value-added number ranges. These number ran…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article R212-9

The order of the Minister for Sport creating the option or speciality of the diploma relating to one of the activities provided for in article R. 212-7 is issued after consultation with the Profession…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 260 CA

…I of Article 256 bis may, at their request, pay the tax on their intra-Community acquisitions. The option takes effect on the first day of the month in which it is exercised. It must cover a period e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-56

…ces for the repair or maintenance time, the possibility of choosing between the different parts and options is clearly presented to the consumer. He shall specify his choice on a durable medium for ea…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Simplified tax regimes

Article 302 septies-0 AA

…d year following the year in which the activity concerned began or resumed or the year in which the option to pay value added tax was exercised. This request must be made no later than 31 January of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.

Article R321-22

…oral tests covering artistic, legal, economic and accounting subjects as well as English and, as an option, another modern foreign language (1), are set by order of the Minister of Justice, after cons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-3

In this sub-section and for the purposes of the provisions relating to algorithmic trading : 1° "algorithmic trading" means trading in financial instruments in which a computer algorithm automatically…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 58

Where this option is open to them under Article 12, the parties may, if they have not already done so since the dispute arose, give the judge, in the joint application, the task of ruling as amiable c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Hearings and conciliation measures

Article R141-24

…is forwarded to the competent court by the chairman of the conciliators' conference. In the case of optional conciliation, the conciliation procedure ends either with the signing of an agreement or wi…

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