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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article L443-1

I.-Any advertisement aimed at the consumer, broadcast on any medium or visible from outside the point of sale, mentioning a price reduction or promotional price on perishable food products must specif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R3115-26

…the prefect of the department and the prefect of the defence and security zone responsible for the point of entry into the territory to which these people will be transported by the operational rescu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-71

A request for items or draft resolutions to be included on the agenda of the meeting, by shareholders representing at least 5% of the share capital, shall be sent to the registered office by registere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-11

If the management lease contract includes a sliding scale clause, the revision of the rent may, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, be requested whenever, as a result of the operation of th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-6

The loss of French nationality may be established by judgement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual reside…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Certification of conformity

Article L433-3

Product or service certification subject to the provisions of this section is the activity whereby a body, distinct from the manufacturer, importer, seller, service provider or customer, attests that…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Exceptions to the rule that gifts inter vivos are irrevocable.

Article 960

All donations inter vivos made by persons who had no children or descendants currently living at the time of the donation, of whatever value these donations may be, and on whatever basis they were mad…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of accounts.

Article R123-188

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Operation

Article L5912-1

The Congress of Departmental and Regional Elected Representatives and Mayors meets at the request of the General Council or Regional Council, on an agenda determined by deliberation taken by a majorit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-18

The person whose gametes have been collected or retrieved and stored pursuant to I of article L. 2141-12, with a view to the subsequent provision, for his or her benefit, of medically assisted procrea…

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