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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-1-2

…nces or methods mentioned in article L. 425-1-1 or facilitating their use or encouraging their use; 2° Producing, manufacturing, importing, exporting, transporting, possessing or acquiring, for use by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-8

…he administrateur judiciaire or the liquidator has ceased his functions or in the case mentioned in 2° of article L. 3253-18-2, the guarantee institutions pay the sums due to the employee upon present…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution

Article D591-2

…and transfer, in particular the dates of flight or transfer of the persons concerned" are deleted; 2° In Article D. 554-1, the words: "Direction régionale des entreprises, de la concurrence, de la co…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article D232-72

…r the treatment of a medical condition whose diagnosis is supported by relevant clinical evidence ; 2° The therapeutic use of the Prohibited Substance or Prohibited Method is not likely to produce any…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 811-5

Article R811-28-3

The trainee writes an internship report in which he or she describes the procedures in which he or she has participated and the actions he or she has taken, as well as an internship dissertation on an…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-27

…eeds and financial situation on the basis of the information provided for in Article L. 313-11 ; or 2° Without having, in disregard of article L. 313-12, warned the borrower of the specific risk that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation

Article R5213-5

…draft advertisement containing at least the information listed in articles R. 5213-1 and R. 5213-2; 2° A file justifying the characteristics and performance of the medical device concerned as advertis…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions

Article R3246-3

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to tips set out in articles L. 3244-1 and L. 3244-2 and in the Council of State decrees provided for in article R. 3244-2 is punishable by a third-class…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-3

…thorisation, which includes in particular : 1° Evidence of any kind in support of the application ; 2° The operating procedures for the depot, including in particular the list and qualifications of st…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Harassment.

Article L1152-4

The employer shall take all necessary steps to prevent moral harassment. The persons mentioned in article L. 1152-2 shall be informed by any means of the text of article 222-33-2 of the French Penal C…

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