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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article L313-20

When the lender carries out or arranges for the valuation of the residential property financed with a loan referred to in article L. 313-1, it shall ensure that: 1° The valuation is carried out by a p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-23

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement extended or approved in application ofarticle L. 314-6 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles may define the distribu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-25

The collective agreement allowing the derogations provided for in articles L. 3123-20 and L. 3123-24 includes guarantees relating to the implementation, for part-time employees, of the rights granted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-24

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, an extended branch agreement may determine the period within which the employee is to be notified of the change in the distribution of working ho…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment of training costs

Article L6323-20

The educational costs and the costs associated with the validation of skills and knowledge relating to the training are paid by the body mentioned in article L. 6333-1. By way of derogation from the f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-4-1

When guardianship has been opened in respect of the stipulator, the subscription or surrender of a life insurance contract and the designation or substitution of the beneficiary may only be carried ou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-4

The holder of a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product shall immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, specifying the reasons, of any action…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives.

Article L5312-4-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) imposes financial penalties on natural or legal persons…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L713-3-4

Where the reproduction of a trade mark in a dictionary, encyclopaedia or similar reference work, in printed or electronic form, gives the impression that it constitutes the generic term designating th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-4

Profits from the operation of a health centre may not be distributed.They must be placed in reserve or reinvested for the benefit of the health centre concerned or of one or more other health centres…

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