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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-2

I.-Chapters II and III of Title II of Book II are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter. II -Article L. 2222-2 is applicable in the v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-23

I. - Every joint-stock company is required to file with the court registry, to be appended to the register of commerce and companies, within one month of the approval of the annual accounts by the gen…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Commercial guarantee

Article L217-24

I.-Any professional operating in an economic sector mentioned in III of this article may ask the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumption to formally take a position on the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-2

Also governed by the provisions of this code is the performance right in a work broadcast by satellite from the territory of a non-EU Member State that does not provide a level of copyright protection…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Abolition of replacement income.

Article L5426-2

Replacement income is withdrawn by Pôle emploi in the cases mentioned in 1° to 3° of Article L. 5412-1, Article L. 5412-2 and II of Article L. 5426-1-2. It is also cancelled in the event of fraud or m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-2

For application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° In Articles L. 5461-2, L. 5461-2-1, L. 5461-4, L. 5461-9, L. 5462-2 and L. 5462-8, the provisions relating to the use of the European database on me…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-2

Human blood or its components may only be collected for therapeutic use by the Etablissement Français du Sang mentioned in Chapter II of this Title and by the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre, ap…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall inform the European Commission, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and the supervisory authorities of the other Membe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Special commercial courts.

Article L731-2

The jurisdiction of the commercial chamber is that of the commercial courts.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Coordination of developments in the healthcare system by the regional health agency

Article L6131-2

For the purposes referred to in Article L. 6131-1, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may ask public health establishments:1° To enter into a cooperation agreement ;2° To set up a heal…

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