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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L464-5-1

The financial penalties imposed in application of articles L. 464-2, L. 464-3 and L. 464-5 may be subject to a surcharge of up to 10% of their amount, payable by the sanctioned organisation or company…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-5-2

The seller shall provide the consumer with the information mentioned in article D. 111-5-1, free of charge, in a legible and comprehensible manner on a durable medium accompanying the sale. The seller…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-56-9

…college of the powers to suspend or restrict the rights and obligations referred to in II of L. 613-56-2, L. 613-56-4, L. 613-56-5 or L. 613-56-8 and agree to be bound by the requirements referred to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

…same request may be made to the investigating judge when registration has been made on the basis of 5° of Article 706-53-2. The request for deletion is inadmissible as long as the entries concerned re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-6

…offers of employment that satisfy the conditions mentioned in the second paragraph of article R. 6152-50-5, the Director General of the National Management Centre may decide, after obtaining the opin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Investigations

Article D15-5-7

…e applies in the event of the detention of a person pursuant to articles 133-1,141-4,709-1-1and 716-5.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-5

The copy of the import authorisation or temporary use authorisation referred to in article L. 5141-10 is presented during the inspection by the customs officers. For imported veterinary medicinal prod…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-5

…of investigating or establishing the violations and breaches mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5, gathering evidence and tracking down the perpetrators or gathering information useful for targeti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-5-1

…provision, the obligation to provide information on the transfer values mentioned in Article L. 132-5-3 may be validly fulfilled in b of 3° of the model prospectus attached to Article A. 132-4 as foll…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D333-5-3

…classification decision in the category for which the assessing body referred to in Article D. 333-5-1 has issued a favourable opinion. The classification decision specifies the number of pitches ope…

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