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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 1031-3

The Court of Cassation shall give its opinion within three months of receipt of the file.

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

Article D440-8

The Trade Practices Review Commission may decide to publish the opinions it adopts.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Cancer Institute

Article D1415-1-3

The Chairman of the Institute's Board of Directors is appointed on the advice of the Board.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions.

Article D4221-6

Opinions are reasoned. The secretariat of the committee is provided by the national management centre.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special rules relating to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable (real estate investment companies with variable capital)

Article L214-65

The provisions of 3° to 9° and 11° of article L. 214-24-31 and article L. 214-24-47 apply under the same conditions to sociétés de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-15

…1° Either redeemable at the establishments, institutions and services mentioned in article L. 1271-9; 2° Or reimbursable by the authorised bodies and establishments mentioned in article L. 1271-10.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-6

Article L. 4424-9 of the General Local Authorities Code sets out the rules relating to Corsica's sustainable development plan, which defines the objectives of tourism development and the principles fo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Consumer credit

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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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Specific insurance accounting policies and valuations

Article A343-2

For the purposes of the second paragraph of article R. 343-9, the bodies whose price index forecasts constitute the reference for price index forecasts are: "The European Commission; "The Organisation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange.

Article R511-11

…in Article L. 511-58, the Registrar shall remove the registration from the form and enter in column 9 of the chronological register the removal entry provided for in article R. 511-4.

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