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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-5

Failing to make the declaration provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 423-3, or to provide inaccurate or incomplete information, is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: PENALTIES

Article R131-1

The failure by a professional seller or service provider to provide any interested party who so requests with a copy of the agreements that he usually offers, in disregard of the provisions of article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-4

Employing a worker under the age of eighteen on the work referred to in article L. 4153-9 in breach of the conditions set out in that article and in the decrees issued for its application is punishabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-7

Failure to grant an apprentice an additional five days' leave to prepare for tests at an apprentice training centre, or failure to maintain the apprentice's salary during this leave in breach of the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 157

…r on one of the lists drawn up by the Courts of Appeal under the conditions provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires. Exceptionally, the courts may, by reason…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article R3513-7

I.-The declaration referred to in article L. 3513-11 contains the following information: 1° Exhaustive data on sales volumes, by brand and by product type; 2° Information on the preferences of differe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Book VI: Overseas provisions.

Article 1575

…he present code is applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands in its wording resulting from decree n° 2023-686 of 29 July 2023 with the exception of the provisions of Titles IV and V of Book II, Arti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1545

…the allocation of costs between the parties subject to the dispositions de l'article 123 du décret n° 2020-1717 du 28 décembre 2020 lorsque l'une des parties bénéficie de l'aide juridictionnelle. If…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article R3222-1

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to equal pay for men and women set out in articles L. 3221-2 to L. 3221-6 is punishable by a fifth-class fine. The fine is applied as many times as there…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article R3143-1

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 3141-1 to L. 3141-33 and L. 3164-9 relating to paid leave, as well as those of the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by a fifth-c…

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