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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Orthoptists.

Article L4342-3

The certificate referred to in article L. 4342-2 is the certificat de capacité d'orthoptiste instituted by the Minister for Higher Education.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-3

It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €37,500 for any person, whether or not a party to the contract, to deceive the contracting party, by any means or procedure whatsoever, even t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-3

Any organisation that has made a prior declaration to the Minister for Research may, for the purposes of its own research programmes, ensure the conservation and preparation for scientific purposes of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interruption performed before the end of the fourteenth week of pregnancy.

Article L2212-3

…woman with a view to terminating her pregnancy must, from the first visit, inform her of the medical and surgical methods for terminating pregnancy and of the risks and potential side-effects.The doc…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the admissibility decision

Article L722-3

Proceedings and assignments of remuneration shall be suspended or prohibited, depending on the case, until approval of the conventional recovery plan provided for in Article L. 732-1, until the decisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-33

The fact, for any person not on the list provided for in Article L. 321-29 to use the name referred to in that article, or a name with a resemblance likely to cause a misunderstanding in the mind of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-31

The organiser of the sale shall ensure that the expert whose assistance he enlists complies with the obligations and prohibitions respectively set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-30 and t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-32

The expert mentioned in article L. 321-29 may not describe, present, estimate or put up for sale any property belonging to him, nor may he acquire, directly or indirectly on his own account, any prope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article L321-30

Any expert acting for consideration in connection with a sale of furniture by public auction is required to take out insurance covering his professional liability.He is jointly and severally liable wi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-3

I.-A written agreement concluded between the supplier, with the exception of suppliers of products mentioned in article L. 443-2, and the distributor or service provider sets out the reciprocal obliga…

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