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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-12

The time limit for issuing the multiannual residence permit provided for in Article L. 424-9 from the decision granting the benefit of subsidiary protection by the French Office for the Protection of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for exercising general powers

Article L2312-16

Unless there are special legislative provisions, the agreement defined in Article L. 2312-19 and Article L. 2312-55 or, in the absence of a trade union delegate, an agreement between the employer and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-3

…d by the administrative authority, prior to their registration in the Trade and Companies Register. II. - Approval is only granted to persons who satisfy the following conditions: 1° Justify the provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-117

In order to implement the employee's right to the leave referred to in Article L. 3142-105, a company collective agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention determines : 1° The maximu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-1

…r option to register free of charge on the telephone anti-solicitation list provided for in article L. 223-1; 2° In addition to the information mentioned in 1°, providers of Internet access and public…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L762-14

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 466-1Law no. 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-1-A

Confidential information received by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the Banque de France and the Autorité des marchés financiers from a European supervisory authority, the Europ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-5-1

…devices without complying with the conditions laid down pursuant to the provisions of 3° of Article L. 5221-8 of this code is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-7-1

…ticle 90, paragraph 2 of Article 92 and paragraph 1 of Article 93 of this Regulation (EU) 2017/746. II.-Notwithstanding Article L. 5462-6, natural persons guilty of the offences referred to in I. also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-2-1

Failure by the importer or distributor of a device to immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746…

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