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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-3

…h the CE marking provided for in Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 has been improperly affixed;3° In the absence of a valid certificate of conformity drawn up in accordance with Article 51 of Reg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-33

…of at least five years' imprisonment for an offence committed again in a state of legal recidivism; 3° A custodial sentence of at least five years' imprisonment for one of the offences mentioned in Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D632-5

…ility as defined in Article L. 424-1; 2° Central depositories of financial instruments mentioned in 3° of II of Article L. 621-9; 3° Managers of interbank settlement systems and managers of settlement…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 380

Producers, importers, refiners, distributors, wholesalers of mineral oils, derivatives and residues, as well as garage distributors and fuel retailers benefit, for the recovery of the part of their cl…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article D5842-3

I. - Articles R. 5211-3 to D. 5211-5-2 are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-258 of 9 March 2021 subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V.II. - F…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies.

Article R5221-32

…nted ; 2° All decisions taken by the Director General under the procedures defined in this chapter; 3° All certificates issued, modified, supplemented, suspended, refused or cancelled; 4° the need for…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Sales

Article A310-8

This mention is made under identical conditions of presentation to those provided, for the mention of the price, in articles 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11 et 14 de l'arrêté du 3 décembre 1987 relatif à l'informa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-32

…he subject of conciliation, safeguard, receivership or liquidation proceedings governed by Book VI; 3° If, during the twelve months preceding the sale, the sale has already been the subject of informa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis

Article L2441-3

…only be carried out in a body authorised for this purpose by the regulations applicable locally. " 3° The last sentence of the last paragraph is deleted.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Common provisions

Article R4451-34

…demarcated areas; 2° The layout of workplaces and premises exposing workers to ionising radiation; 3° The use and technical characteristics of operational dosimeters; 4° Other appropriate means for t…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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