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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4441-12

For its application to New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the following is added to article L. 4142-1: "An agreement between the national council of the order and the body of the order of New Caledon…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-12

Any person who improperly claims to be the owner of a patent or patent application shall be liable to a fine of €7,500.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-12

When a credit transaction is intended to group together credits mentioned in article L. 313-1, the new credit agreement is subject to chapitre III. Any credit consolidation transaction secured by a mo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-12

Any failure to comply with the obligations set out in article L. 221-16 in relation to telephone canvassing and commercial prospecting is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L931-12

For the application of article L. 145-6, the words: "the evacuation of premises included in a sector or perimeter provided for in L. 313-4-2 du code de l'urbanisme" are replaced by the words: "the eva…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-12

Clinical investigations may only be carried out in a place that has the human, material and technical resources appropriate to the clinical investigation and compatible with the safety requirements of…

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

Article L212-12

In the event of notorious abuse in the non-use by a phonogram producer of the exploitation rights that have been assigned to him, the competent civil court may order any appropriate measure..

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Sale and provision of services without prior order

Article L121-12

It is prohibited to require immediate or deferred payment for goods or services supplied by a trader or, in the case of goods, to require their return or preservation, without the goods having been th…

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

Article L1222-12

The Etablissement Français du Sang, the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre, for the activities of collection, biological qualification of the donation, preparation, distribution, delivery of labile…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays

Article L211-12

After the contract has been concluded, prices may only be increased if the contract expressly provides for this possibility and indicates that the traveller is entitled to a price reduction. In this c…

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