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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Snowball sales and services

Article L132-20

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under Article L. 132-19 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Crim…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23

…f surrender up to a limit of 20% of the value of the individual rights resulting from these contracts. The group insurance agreement known as the "complémentaire retraite des hospitaliers" (supplement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L3511-2

For the application to Mayotte of Part Three of this Code:

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: State information.

Article L6332-23

…of the actions carried out and intended for the constitution of statistically representative samples.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L454-2

The violation of the prohibition set out in article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Articles relating to infants and children.

Article L5231-2

It is prohibited to manufacture, sell, offer for sale, display or import :1° Bottles with tubes ;1° bis Collars for teats and soothers and teething rings containing bisphenol A ; 2° Teats and soothers…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS INVOLVING LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES, GROUPS OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER LEGAL ENTITIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW

Article L5721-6-2

…ompetences transferred to a mixed syndicate, is carried out under the conditions set out in article L. 5211-25-1. When the movable and immovable assets have been acquired or realised or when the debt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-28

Failure to comply with paragraph 1 of Article 77 and paragraph 2 of Article 80 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, on the communication of inform…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-26

When micro-enterprises make use of the option provided for in Article L. 232-25, the statutory auditors' report is not made public. When small and medium-sized companies make use of the option provide…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article L313-21

The valuation referred to in article L. 313-20 consists of determining the value of the property after analysing all the documents provided by the lender that are useful for carrying out the valuation…

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