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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-6-3

The control officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 may pass on to the officers authorised by the Director of the Conseil national des activités privées de sécurité, referred to in Article L. 634-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-3

…ure of the oral pharmaceutical forms of a reference medicinal product within the meaning of Article L. 5121-1 may not prohibit the oral pharmaceutical forms of a generic medicinal product that may be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article L522-37-2

…entry in a register kept by the manager of the platform mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 522-37-1 and under its responsibility. This entry specifies the name, profession and address of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-17-3

When the wholesaler-distributor has fulfilled its public service obligations as set out in article L. 5124-17-2, it may sell medicinal products outside the national territory or to wholesale distribut…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-9-3

…onditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 425-9 and L. 425-9-1 of this Code shall incur the following penalties: 1° A fine, in accordance w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Water and sanitation

Article L4424-36-1

…ter plan for water development and management to bring it into line with the provisions of articles L. 212-1 and L. 212-2 of the Environment Code.If, within eight months of this request addressed to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-2

…unctions when it supervises the implementation of this strategy by the persons mentioned in Article L. 532-2 .4 and by the head of the risk management function. In the case of a branch of an investmen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article L522-37-1

…m. This storage receipt may not be admitted to trading on a multilateral system defined in articles L. 421-1, L. 424-1 or L. 425-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code. It attests to its holder's owners…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-3

Article L. 533-22-1 applies to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-3-1

The beneficiaries of the rights opened up by Article L. 218-2 may not prohibit: 1° Acts of hyperlinking; 2° The use of isolated words or very short extracts from a press publication. This exception ma…

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