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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable to private educational establishments under contract with the State

Article L5134-128

…ctions 1 to 3 of this section apply to the private educational establishments mentioned in articles L. 442-5 and L. 442-12 of the Education Code and article L. 813-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…e santé may impose a financial penalty on the perpetrator of a breach of the provisions of articles L. 5421-8 , L. 5422-18 , L. 5423-8 , L. 5423-9, L. 5426-2 , L. 5438-1 , L. 5461-9 and L. 5462-8 , ex…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions specific to Book I

Article L2641-1

…r the application of the legislative provisions of Book I to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° In Article L. 2112-4, the words: "of the Member States of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Therapeutic injunction by the investigating judge, the juvenile judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article L3424-1

Persons charged with offences under articles L. 3421-1 and L. 3425-2 may be notified, by order of the investigating judge, the juvenile judge or the liberty and custody judge, of a therapeutic injunct…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16-1

…or gambling operations in the context of which it identifies and verifies the identity of the bettors. The Authority or the company referred to in the previous paragraphs shall communicate to agents o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to providers of participative financing services

Article L573-12

…erson who engages in the activity of provider of equity crowdfunding services in breach of Articles L. 547-1 to L. 547-6.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VIII: COMMUNES OF THE LYON METROPOLITAN AREA

Article L2581-1

The communes located within the territory of the metropolis of Lyon set out in article L. 3611-1 are subject to the rules applicable to other communes, subject to the legislative provisions specific t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Relations between sports associations and companies

Article L122-16-1

…tion, of which the association is the sole holder. As part of the agreement provided for in article L. 122-14, the sports company formed by the association has the right to use the association's affil…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Snowball sales and services

Article L132-19

…of carrying out a "snowball" sale or service or any similar process defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 121-15 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article L2223-14

…mum of fifteen years; 2° Thirty-year concessions; 3° Fifty-year concessions; 4° Perpetual concessions.

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