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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-1

…sporting event and whose presence is likely to cause serious disturbance to public order.The order sets out the duration of the measure, which is limited in time, the specific circumstances on which i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

…e, hypothecation or grant of exploitation rights, on pain of invalidity. As an exception to Article L. 613-9, the transfer or amendment of the rights attached to the French patent application or to th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-2

The representative of the State in the département or, in Paris, the Préfet de Police may, by decree, restrict the freedom of movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as suc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Professional accountants

Article 1649 quater L

…clients or members for any useful information and documents likely to establish the reconciliation between the tax results and the accounts ; 2° Carry out, in respect of their clients or members, depe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-15-2

…ities and falling within the branches or categories of contracts defined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the insured may, after a period of one year from the date of first subscription, cancel tacitl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-15-1

The order of preference between creditors registered on the business and creditors registered on an element of the business is determined by the dates on which the respective titles were published. Cr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-15

…iberties, where such failure results in non-compliance with one or more of the compliance criteria set out in this section, shall be treated as a failure to comply, without prejudice to the other reme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-15-1

…tion H of the Ordre des pharmaciens is made up of sixteen members, appointed or elected for six years.This central council comprises :1° A pharmacist professor or senior lecturer in active pharmacy tr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of departmental mandates

Article L3123-15-1

…an annexed table summarising all the allowances allocated to the members of the departmental council.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Allowances for holders of regional mandates.

Article L4135-15-1

…d by an annexed table summarising all the allowances allocated to the members of the regional council.

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