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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties for intermediaries

Article L354-4

The following are applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in articles L. 354-1 and L. 354-5, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-4

For the purposes of this Title, the applicant shall be represented in the proceedings and assisted during the hearings by a lawyer chosen by him or, at his request, appointed by the court. If the appl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694-4

…to the Public Prosecutor who shall determine whether to refer the matter to the Minister of Justice and shall, where appropriate, give notice of such referral to the investigating judge. If the matter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-4

Measures falling within the jurisdiction of the sentence enforcement judge are granted, modified, deferred, refused, withdrawn or revoked by order or reasoned judgment of this magistrate acting ex off…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional certificate in youth, popular education and sport

Article A212-4

A candidate who fails a certification test may be entitled to a second assessment session during the training session.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employer representation at national and cross-industry level

Article L2152-4

The following professional employers' organisations are representative at national and inter-professional level: 1° Which meet the criteria mentioned in 1° to 5° of article L. 2151-1; 2° Whose member…

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

Article L2131-4

…can only be made when the anomaly or anomalies responsible for such a disease have been previously and accurately identified in one of the parents, or in one of the parents' immediate ascendants in t…

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

Article L2441-4

The procedures for applying this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Suppression of public drunkenness and protection of minors.

Article L3353-4

Article 227-19 of the French Penal Code makes it an offence to directly incite a minor to consume excessive amounts of alcohol or to habitually consume alcohol.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-4

The region is responsible for awarding grants to pupils and students enrolled in training institutes and schools authorised in application of article L. 4383-3. The nature, level and conditions for aw…

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