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French Consumer CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Provisions applicable to unfair commercial practices other than misleading or aggressive commercial practices

Article L132-1 A

…511-10 relating to a large-scale or EU-wide infringement, pursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-2

…following the end of the financial year.II. - When the UCITS is authorised under Regulation (EU) No 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on money market funds: 1° By…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-9

…115-9, L. 3115-10, L. 3115-11, L. 3115-12 and L. 3115-13, in their version resulting from Order No. 2017-44 of 19 January 2017, are applicable to the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subjec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-1

For the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, the list of which is set by decision of the Director General of the Ag…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-36

…00 including a maximum of €10,000 for the authors when the planned duration per episode is at least 26 minutes;b) For single work projects: €4,000 including a maximum of €2,500 for the authors when th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compulsory licences in the interests of economic development

Article R613-27

…f Article L. 613-18 runs from the day of receipt of the notification provided for in Article R. 613-26. The legitimate excuses provided for in paragraph 3 of article L. 613-18 must be presented within…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article A111-5

…n the following classes: 20 Life insurance ; 22 Insurance linked to investment funds ; 23 Tontines; 26 Any collective operation defined in Section I of Chapter I of Title IV of Book IV. For classes 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-5

As stated in article 226-29 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Attempted offences under articles 226-25, 226-26, 226-27 and 226-28 are punishable by the same penalties. "

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Ethics officers in health authorities and bodies

Article R1451-16

…bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined in article 26 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Maintaining compliance

Article R4322-3

…of the social security bodies and the approved body referred to in accordance with Article R. 4722-26.

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