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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L922-1

To articles L. 225-177, L. 225-179 and L. 233-11, the words: "the date of publication of the loi n° 2001-420 du 15 mai 2001" are replaced by the words: "the date of publication of the l'ordonnance n°…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-1-1

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-16

The following are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat: 1° The status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre, as well as the conditions for granting, modifying and withdrawing the approval…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1

State supervision is exercised in the interests of policyholders, subscribers and beneficiaries of insurance and capitalisation contracts. The following are subject to such supervision 1° undertakings…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1-1

Rights arising from the exploitation of several books by the same author governed by separate publishing contracts may not be offset against each other, unless an agreement to the contrary, separate f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-1

Traditional herbal medicinal products that meet the following criteria are not subject to marketing authorisation: 1° They are designed to be used without the intervention of a doctor for the purposes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Single personnel register.

Article L1221-15-1

The declaration mentioned in I of article L. 1262-2-1 is appended to the single personnel register of the company hosting the seconded employees.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-1-1

…the training certificates send these certificates to the service or organisation mentioned in article L. 4362-1 in the form of certified information.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-1-1

When the liquidator carries out the inventory pursuant to article L. 641-2 and if the value of the assets justifies it, the official receiver shall appoint, for the purpose of carrying out the valuati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : State financial aid

Article L3334-16-1

The amount of funding allocated by the State to the running and equipment of collèges with binational or international sections and the collège de Font-Romeu is included in the general decentralisatio…

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