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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Administrative injunctions and penalties

Article L470-1

…er the same conditions, they may enjoin any trader to comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/1150 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 promoting fairness and trans…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L1521-2-2

…scheme are replaced by references to the social security scheme provided for byOrder no. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sickness, maternity, invalidity and d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

…n the first paragraph of article L. 142-4 but not by category 11;19 Reinsurance acceptances (life) ;20 Bodily injury (individual contracts) (including guarantees ancillary to individual life insurance…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-1

…ose whose legal deposit or publication in the form of a digital book, within the meaning of Law no. 2011-590 of 26 May 2011 relating to the price of digital books, are after 1 January 2016, no later t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-9-1

…bing, the characteristics of vaccine-preventable diseases, the traceability of vaccinations and the main recommendations of the vaccination calendar and, for administration, the normative framework an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

…ith the obligations set out in Articles L. 1233-57-9 to L. 1233-57-16, L. 1233-57-19 and L. 1233-57-20 and compliance by the employment safeguard plan with Articles L. 1233-61 to L. 1233-63 based on t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-17

…te paragraphs of article L. 1142-17, article L. 1142-19 and the second paragraph of article L. 1142-20 apply to the Office's offer.Where the victim has not informed the Office of benefits received or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-7

…th paragraphs of article L. 1142-17, article L. 1142-19 and the second paragraph of article L. 1142-20. Where the victim has not informed the Office of benefits received or to be received from third p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-21

…prior authorisation of a judge in the executing State under the conditions laid down in Article 694-20; 6° Where applicable, the references of a previous European investigation order supplemented by t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-59

…conditions laid down in 1° or 2° of Article…

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