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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L627-1

…hapter shall apply where no receiver has been appointed pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 621-4. The other provisions of this title are applicable insofar as they do not conflict with tho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: The Commercial Court.

Article L721-1

Commercial courts are courts of first instance, composed of elected judges and a court clerk. Their jurisdiction is determined by the present code and specific codes and laws. Commercial courts are su…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: MEASURES FOLLOWING CONTROLS

Article L525-1

Before the criminal courts, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may, at the request of the court, present its observations at the hearing.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: INTER-MUNICIPAL COOPERATION

Article L5210-1

Progress in inter-municipal cooperation is based on the free will of communes to draw up joint development projects within areas of solidarity.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Advertising.

Article L6352-13

Advertising by a training organisation must not contain any misleading information about the conditions of access to the training courses on offer, their content, penalties or funding arrangements.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Advertising.

Article L6352-12

…following form only: "Registered under number... This registration does not constitute State approval. This registration does not imply government approval.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8231-1

Bargaining, defined as any profit-making supply of labour that has the effect of causing prejudice to the employee concerned or evading the application of legal provisions or the stipulations of a col…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS ADOPTED BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7231-1

…ime for acts taken by the regional authorities under the conditions laid down by the chapters I and II of Title IV of Book I of Part Four.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Operating conditions

Article L5125-15

…a pharmacy must practise his profession personally.The implementation of the provisions of article L. 5125-7-1 does not prevent the proprietor from practising his profession personally.In all circums…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

Article L. 4151-1 is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system. Articl…

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