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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Law applicable to cross-border contracts

Article L253-1

…ng shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 253-2, the provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L642-1

…s financiers, as well as to any expert appointed to an Advisory Board referred to in III of Article L. 621-2, for violating the professional secrecy instituted by Article L. 621-4, subject to the prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L4001-1

…missions which include : 1° The reporting obligations set out in this Code, in particular articles L. 1413-7, L. 1413-14, L. 1413-15 and L. 3113-1 ; 2° Participation, where applicable, in prevention,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

…shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 623-1 to L. 623-9 and L. 623-11 to L. 623-32 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning the Banque de France

Article L164-2

…France employee who violates the professional secrecy established in the first paragraph of Article L. 142-9 shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-7

…° An additional day's unpaid work for employees ; 2° The contribution provided for in 1° of article L. 14-10-4 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles for employers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Electronic trade in medicinal products by a dispensing pharmacy

Article L5125-40

…ty in medicinal products to a person established in France, medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5125-34 and benefiting from a marketing authorisation in France pursuant to article L. 5121-8 or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Enforcement Committee

Article L561-38

…t up a National Sanctions Commission responsible for imposing the sanctions provided for in Article L. 561-40. It shall deal with breaches detected during inspections carried out pursuant to Article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2111-2

…e approval of family assistants, as well as the approval, monitoring, training mentioned in article L. 421-14 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles and the supervision of maternal assistants…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-16

…ary 1995 on security policy and programming, decisions to authorise the agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 of the present code are preceded by administrative investigations designed to verify that…

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