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Showing 35413550 of 64391 articles for Art. s. L. 145-40-2 + R. 145-35

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Emergency medical aid and medical transport.

Article L6432-2

Article L. 6312-1 is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L420-2

Under the conditions set out in Article L. 420-1, the abuse by an undertaking or group of undertakings of a dominant position within the internal market or a substantial part thereof is prohibited. Th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-20-2

…f Justice and the Minister of the Interior, and accompanied by the information mentioned in article R. 53-11. When the packaging of the seals and biological samples sent to it does not comply with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Fate of stored embryos

Article R2141-23-2

…he conception of the embryo, and in the event that the couple had, in application of III of article L. 2141-4, expressed their consent during an annual consultation to one of the options for the futur…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-23

…their staff and credit intermediaries is without prejudice to the obligations mentioned in Article L. 314-22. The staff concerned are natural persons who work for the creditor and who directly carry…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28

The delegation contract referred to in article L. 131-14 sets out the conditions under which the federation exercises the prerogatives of public authority delegated to it and the tasks entrusted to it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations and filings concerning legal entities

Article R123-259

…n of a business, the title and date of the legal gazette in which the insertion required by Article L. 141-12 was published; > In the case of a company operating in the retail sector, the title and da…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article R526-2

In accordance with the provisions of Article R. 123-45 and 2° of article R. 123-46, must, within one month, be the subject of an application for an amending entry in the Trade and Companies Register:…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refugees

Article L424-2

…sident's card, and while awaiting the issue of this card, the foreign national mentioned in article L. 424-1 has the right to exercise the profession of their choice under the conditions laid down in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-24

For the loans referred to in Article L. 313-1, the lender shall formulate an offer provided free of charge on paper or on another durable medium to the borrower and to the guarantors declared by the b…

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