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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-4

Failure by the manufacturer, authorised representative or importer of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745, whose registered office is located on French territory, to register…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-4

I.-A failure by a manufacturer, authorised representative or importer of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746, whose registered office is located on French territory, to regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative penalties

Article L6241-4

The penalties imposed pursuant to this section may be accompanied by an obligation to display the notice in the public reception areas of the medical biology laboratory or the structure carrying out p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L6473-4

The provisions of Article L. 3334-1 and Article L. 3334-2 are applicable to the collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operations concerned

Article L722-4

The provisions of this section apply to transfers of funds in any currency issued or received by a payment service provider or intermediary payment service provider domiciled in Saint-Barthélemy, Sain…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L773-45

If the Office des postes et télécommunications fails to comply with its obligations under of section 8 of this chapter, the Inspectorate General of Finance may refer the matter to the Autorité de cont…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-45

If the Office des postes et télécommunications fails to comply with its obligations under of section 8 of this chapter, the Inspectorate General of Finance may refer the matter to the Autorité de cont…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L7342-4

Article L. 7342-2 and the first two paragraphs of article L. 7342-3 do not apply when the turnover generated on the platform is below a threshold set by decree. For the purposes of calculating the con…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-4

The enforcement officers referred to in article L. 8271-1-2 shall, upon written request, forward to the officers of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the regional directorates for cu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Prevention engineers.

Article L8123-4

The prevention engineers of the regional directorates for companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment, when providing technical support to the labour inspection officers mentioned in ar…

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