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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-2

Failure by a sponsor to provide investigators with the information required by law relating to veterinary medicinal products undergoing experimentation or trials is punishable by two years' imprisonme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-16

Failure to comply with an order to suspend, modify or withdraw an authorisation issued by the Agency pursuant to articles L. 5145-3 and L. 5145-4 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4413-3

The Ile-de-France region defines regional travel policy, in compliance with the guidelines of the master plan for the Ile-de-France region provided for by Article L. 123-1 of the town planning code an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-8

It is forbidden to supply water intended for human consumption via open canals, with the exception of those existing on 30 October 1935, which have been improved to ensure that the water supplied is c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Explanations provided to the borrower and assessment of his creditworthiness

Article L341-27

…t in the proportion set by the judge, up to an amount that may not exceed, for each of the breaches listed below, 30% of the interest and capped at 30,000 euros: 1° Without having provided the borrowe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-11

…dition that each of the rights transferred is the subject of a separate mention in the contract concluded with the phonogram producer and that the field of exploitation of these rights is delimited as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-1

I.-Water intended for human consumption is clean and wholesome water which, on its own, is suitable for drinking, food preparation and cooking, personal hygiene, general hygiene and cleanliness, other…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Taxes, levies and other income allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image)

Article L116-5

The following are allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée :1° Proceeds from the reimbursement of advances on receipts granted before 1 January 1996 for the production of cinema…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22

The second fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes whose per capita financial potential, as defined in article L. 2334-4, is less than twice the average per capita financial po…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-17

Collective management organisations use for actions to support creation, the dissemination of live performances, the development of artistic and cultural education and training actions for artists: 1°…

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