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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-20

…ngs or which exercises a dominant influence over them by virtue of the existence of substantial and lasting links of solidarity resulting from financial commitments, shared management or shared servic…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4342-8-2

…ive lenses, the visual assessment and prescription may only be carried out by the orthoptist if the last visual assessment carried out by the ophthalmologist was less than five years ago. For patients…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-157

…roperty assets of the non-trading property investment company as shown in the balance sheet for the last financial year for which the accounts have been closed. The total amount of work carried out, i…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R6143-3

…f the two main municipalities of origin of patients in terms of the number of admissions during the last known financial year, other than the municipality in which the main establishment has its headq…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Carriers.

Article L133-3

…proceed as set out in the first paragraph. Any stipulations to the contrary are null and void. This last provision does not apply to international carriage.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-2

…its derived from the offence, to 10% of the average annual turnover, calculated on the basis of the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence, or to 50% of the expenditure in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeals against judgments on jurisdiction and the merits of the case

Article 91

…d that it has jurisdiction and has ruled on the merits of the dispute in the same judgment given at last instance, the judgment may be appealed against solely on the question of jurisdiction. An appea…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 618

…twithstanding the provisions of article 605, be invoked when two decisions, even if not rendered at last instance, are irreconcilable and neither of them is subject to ordinary appeal; the appeal in c…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-19

…ter III of Subtitle I of this book, Article 282, Section 1 of Chapter V of the same Subtitle I, the last two paragraphs of Article 293 and articles 295 to 305 are not applicable; 4° For the applicatio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-1-1

…medical reason, one or more prohibited substances or methods appearing on the list mentioned in the last paragraph of this article. This prohibition does not apply to substances and methods for which…

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