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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Sale of products without packaging

Article D120-2

Assisted service, within the meaning of Article L. 120-1, is a sales method during which the product is packaged and immediately handed over to the consumer by a trader at the point of sale.In cases w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article Annexe 4-3

Uniform instrument for requests based on Articles 25 and 26 of Directive 2019/1 ☐ Request for notification of preliminary objections and other documents pursuant to Art. 25 of Directive 2019/1/ EU ☐ A…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
New regulatory part

Article Annexe à l'article R312-9

Template for detachable slip Withdrawal slipTo be returned no later than fourteen days after the date of your acceptance of the credit agreement. Where the credit is used exclusively to finance the su…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 11-7-2

Annex 11-7-2: Limitations classified as severe for patients with long-term conditions with regard to functional, sensory and cerebral impairments and the level of pain felt, as referred to in article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Production

Article 433 A

Infringements of the laws and regulations relating to the organisation of the wine market, the obligations laid down for wines leaving the estate and the measures taken to improve wine quality are rec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 209

The record of the proceedings shall remain deposited at the registry for forty-eight hours in the case of pre-trial detention, and for five days in all other cases. It shall then proceed in accordance…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 210

The investigating chamber shall rule in a single judgment on all the facts between which there is a connection.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 215

The committal order shall contain, on pain of nullity, the statement and legal classification of the facts, which are the subject of the charge, and shall specify the identity of the accused. It also…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 204

The Investigating Chamber may also, in respect of offences arising from the record of the proceedings, order that an indictment be issued, under the conditions laid down in Article 205, persons who ha…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 207

Where the investigating chamber has ruled on an appeal against an order in respect of pre-trial detention, or following a referral from the public prosecutor either confirming that decision or, revers…

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